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Akwa Ibom 2015 Guber: Udom Emmanuelwins PDP Primary by proselector: 7:14am On Dec 12, 2014 |
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. |
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