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AKWA IBOM: PDP’s Eyakenyi unseats Senator Nelson Effiong of APC
The results of the Akwa Ibom South Eket Senatorial District has been released by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) with Mr. Akon Eyakenyi of the Peoples Democratic Party emerging the winner.
Mr Eyaknyi according to results released by INEC, defeated his closest opponent Senator Nelson Effiong of the All Progressives Congress (APC), thereby unseating him after the keenly contested polls.
The PDP candidate amassed 122,412 votes while his APC counterpart polled 44,053.
Meanwhile, Senator Bassey Akpan of the PDP has been re-elected to represent Akwa Ibom North East at the 9th Senate after securing a total of 147,731 votes to beat Bassey Etim of the APC, who scored 60,930.
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