2019 Election: How Inec Details Confirms Akpabio Won The Election

There was a mild drama at the National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal in Akwa Ibom State, when Counsel to the Peoples Democratic Party Solomon Umoh, tried to prevent a witness indentified as Godwin Afangideh from reading the result presented by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The document was an exhibit presented by the electoral body in a petition filed by Senator Godswill Akpabio of the All Progressives Congress challenging the declaration of Christopher Ekpenyong as the Senator for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District.

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Reading from the document given by the People Democratic Party Counsel, the witness, Afangide states the results collated from Wards across the Local Government Area as given to him by the party agents clearly showed Senator  Akpabio had won the election in his own Local  Government Area with a wide margin.

He expressed surprise at the register voters’ tendered in court saying it was different from the one used on Election Day.

According to Afangide the elections in Essien Udim Local Government Area were peaceful as attested to by security agencies, local and foreign observers.

Another Witness, Chris Akpan a Ward Collation Agent told the Tribunal the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Uyo did not reflect collated results from the Units and Wards of the Local Government Area.