Rerun: YPP wins Reps, state Assembly seats in Akwa Ibom State.
CANDIDATE of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, Emmanuel Ukpong-Udo, has been declared winner of the Ikono-Ini Federal Constituency rerun election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Saturday.
Ukpong-Udo is returning to the House of Representatives for a second term, having been first elected into the House on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019.
In results announced Saturday night by Nabie Jude, Collation Officer for the Reps rerun, the YPP candidate polled total 24,050 votes to beat closest challenger and candidate of the PDP, Dr Glory Edet, who got 17,232 votes.
Nabie Jude declared, “Emmanuel Ukpong-Udo of the YPP having satisfied the requirements of the Law is hereby declared the winner”
Ukpong-Udo who moved to the YPP to pursue his second term bid in the 2023 elections following failure to secure the PDP ticket won the rerun with the final outcome not affected by INEC’s cancellation of the exercise in two units due to disruptions by thugs.
Similarly, Godwin Ayi, Collation Officer, announced Moses Easien, also candidate of YPP, as winner of the Ibiono Ibom State constituency rerun polls also held Saturday.