Akpabio wins Senate seat, Banky W loses to LP candidate, Gbajabiamila re-elected

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Senator Godswill Akpabio has been declared winner of the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial election by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Akpabio of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 115,401 votes to defeat Barrister Emmanuel Enoidem of the Peoples Democtatic Party (PDP), who scored 69,838 votes.

Singer Bankole Wellington (aka Banky W) lost a seat in the House of Representatives to Labour Party candidate, Thaddeus Attah.

Banky W, who ran on the PDP’s platform, polled 18,666 votes, while Attah won the seat with 24,075 votes.

INEC returning officer, Prof Funmilayo Odukoya declared Attah as the winner on Sunday, at the results collation centre in Lekki 1 area of Lagos

APC’s Obanikoro came third with 16, 901 votes.

Taking to his official Twitter page to celebrate the win, Attah wrote:

“I have been declared winner for the House Of Representatives, Etiosa Federal Constituency…Now it’s time to take the mantle and bring good governance to the people ❤️Atta Achief”.

See the tweet below:

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has been re-elected for the fifth term to represent Surulere 2 Federal Constituency.


Gbajabiamila polled 19,717 votes to defeat other candidates.

In the results declared by returning officer, Virgy Ebere Chukwu Onyene, PDP scored 5,121 to come second while Labour Party has no candidate in the election.

 

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