Nigeria Decides 2019
AKWA IBOM: Gov Emmanuel in early lead as APC kicks
Incumbent Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom is in an early lead as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) begins collation of results from Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
Udom, who is seeking re-election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has so far won in all five local government areas announced by INEC.
Read also: LAGOS: Babajide Sanwo-Olu leads, set to be announced governor-elect
The local government areas are Esit Eket, Ibeno, Nsit Ubium, Okobo and Urueoffong/Oruko.
Meanwhile, the main opposition party in the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has rejected results from all the areas announced.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...