Akwa Ibom State elections: Udom Emmanuel wins governorship polls

The governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Akwa Ibom State, Gov. Udom Emmanuel has won the 2019 gubernatorial election in the State.

Out of the thirty-one Local Government Areas in the State, the governor-elect who is also the incumbent won thirty local governments including Ikot-Abasi, the local government of his opponent, Obong Nsima Ekere but lost to APC in Essien Udim, Senator Godswill Akpabio’s local government.

Formally announcing the result on Sunday at about 12:29am in the INEC headquarters at 4/5 UdoUdoma Avenue Uyo, the Returning Officer (RO), Prof. Faraday Osasere Orumwense, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Edo state, said Gov. Emmanuel polled a total number of 519,712 votes to defeat his opponent in the All Progressives Congress, who scored 171,978 votes which translated to winning with a margin of 347,734 votes.

Declaring Gov. Emmanuel winner, the returning officer said, “Udom Emmanuel having certified the requirement of the law and having scored the highest vote is hereby declared the winner of the 2019 governorship election in Akwa Ibom state.”

Prof. Orumwense explained that the number of registered voters were 2,119,727, number of accredited voters were 720,064 the number of rejected votes 15,792 while total votes cast were 712,037.

Meanwhile the state governorship collation Agent of the APC, Bishop Samuel Akpan has contested the authencity of the result insisting that elections accross the state was shambolic, bedevilled with fraud and malpractice therefore would never be accepted by the All Progressives Congress in the State.

The APC state collation agent called for the cancellation of the result and immediately staged a walk-out from the venue and never signed the election result sheet.

However, some parts of Uyo metropolis especially the ever bubbling plaza have been agog with the victory of governor Emmanuel.

Youths defied the late night announcement of the results to troop out enmasse, chanting victory songs in celebration of the result.

Below is the breakdown of the results from the 31 local governments of the state.

1.Esit Eket :
APC, 3917
PDP, 13, 290

2 Ibeno:
APC 1,442
PDP, 10,008

3. Urueffong Oruko:
APC, 4,592
PDP, 6,915

4.Okobo:
APC, 6,079
PDP, 10,800

5. Nsit Ubium:
APC, 6,004
PDP, 17,863

6. ONNA LGA:
APC, 2,110
PDP, 32,103

7. Uruan LGA:
APC, 5,192
PDP, 12,895

8. Nsit Atai LGA:
APC, 3,783
PDP, 8,855

9. Ikot-Abasi LGA
APC: 7,549
PDP, 9,335

10. Obot Akara LGA
APC, 4,704
PDP, 13,979

11. Uyo LGA:
APC, 12, 549
PDP, 35, 092

12 Abak LGA
APC, 11, 505
PDP, 17,461

13. Ini LGA
APC, 3,316
PDP, 17,335

14. Nsit Ibom
APC, 4816
PDP, 17326

15. Mbo
APC 5419
PDP9631

16. Eket
APC 5,087
PDP, 26,372

17. Oruk Anam

APC, 8,640
PDP, 35,093

18. Itu LGA
APC 5,911
PDP 14633

19. Ukanafun
APC, 7220
PDP, 35,447

20. Etinan
APC, 8089
PDP, 22954

21. Ibesikpo Asutan
APC, 7179
PDP, 15, 679

22. Udung Uko
APC, 2, 108
PDP 4, 036

23. Mkpat-Enin
APC, 4,769
PDP, 18,056

24. Ika
APC, 3,212
PDP, 12,752

25.Oron
APC, 3,859
PDP, 8433

26. Ibiono Ibom
APC, 7,280
PDP, 36,988

27. Ikot Ekpene
APC, 11,240
PDP, 14, 832

28. Etim Ekpo
APC, 2776
PDP, 10,149

29. Eastern Obollo
APC, 1,914
PDP, 10,780

30. Ikono
APC, 4498
PDP, 18,910

31. Essien Udim
APC, 6,938
PDP, 2,161