Akpabio wins Akwa Ibom North-west senatorial election

Former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has been declared the winner of Akwa Ibom North-west senatorial District in the National Assembly election conducted last Saturday.

Akpabio, who was the candidate of APC polled 115,401 votes to win the election.
The candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who scored 69,838 votes came second in the election.

Also, the APC won two out of the four federal constituencies in the Akwa Ibom North-West District, according to INEC results.
Akpabio was elected elected senator on the platform of PDP in 2015, but later defected to the APC.

He lost his bid to return to the senate on in 2019 and was later appointed Minister by President Buhari.
He was later appointed Minister by President Buhari.