Akwa Ibom 2015 Guber: Udom Emmanuel
wins PDP Primary
...Polls 1,201 votes to emerge Party flag
bearer.
...21 other contestants cry foul, petitions
Wadata House
By Mfonobong Ukpong
The immediate past Secretary to Akwa Ibom
State government, Mr. Udom Gabriel
Emmanuel, yesterday (Monday) emerged the
governorship candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, in Akwa Ibom State
after polling a total of 1,201 votes to defeat
other 25 contestants who had earlier staged a
walkout at stadium over what they claimed as
a "sham process".
However, the boycott of the exercise by the
other PDP aspirants led by Chief Assam
Assam, could not stall the smooth conduct of
the exercise, even as some of the aggrieved
aspirants including, Nsima Ekere, Okpolupm
Etteh, Helen Esuene, Effiong Abia, Asuquo
Okpo, Benjamin Okoko, Larry Esin, and
Jerome Isangedighe, all had votes credited to
them by the delegates.
Declaring Mr. Udom Emmanuel as the Winner
of the governorship primary, the Leader of the
electoral panel, Prince Bola Oyebuwale, who
commended the delegates for their peaceful
conduct while the exercise lasted, announced
that Mr. Udom, polled a total of 1,201 Votes
to emerge victorious.
A total of 1360 accredited delegates
participated in the exercise having been
screened by the party and the electoral panel,
while 1,266 voted. 6 were voided votes, while
Okpolupm Etteh, had 38 votes, Helen Esuene,
got, 12, Effiong Abia, 4 Larry Esin, 2, Asuquo
Asuquo okpo, 1, Jerome Isangedighe, 1, and
Benjamin Okoko, 1.
In his acceptance speeh, the PDP
gubernatorial candidate, Mr. Udom
Emmanuel,thanked the delegates for giving
him the mandate to fly the party's flag ahead
of the 2015 election, and promised not
disappoint Akwa Ibom people if voted into
power in next year's governorship election.