Former minister for Niger Delta affairs Godswill Akpabio has won Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial primary under the All Progressives Congress.
The first primary conducted on May 28 was cancelled over security infractions during the primary, state APC hairman Stephen Ntukekpo said.
Out of 501 valid votes, Akpabio polled 478 votes, Joseph Akpan had one vote, while the former deputy inspector general of police who initially won the first primary had three votes.
Akpabio’s victory comes after he stepped down from the presidential race to support former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu.
Speaking on Thursday night at the Godswill Akpabio Empowerment Centre in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area, shortly after he was declared the winner, Akpabio thanked the delegates for their support and for finding him worthy to fly the flag of the party in the 2023 senatorial election
“I thank the Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district for finding me worthy to be given another opportunity to contest for a senatorial seat in the Senate. I recall when you gave me the first mandate in 2015 to 2019, I recall that there is no senator ever that did the kind of empowerment I did for you.
“I know a lot of projects were done across the ten local government areas, from markets to water projects, to electrification project, to the building of classroom blocks,” the former governor stated.
