Godswill Akpabio, governor of Akwa Ibom state
and Theodore Orji, his Abia state counterpart,
have been elected into the upper chamber of
the national assembly.
While Akpabio would represent Akwa Ibom
north east senatorial district, Orji would be the
representative of the Abia central senatorial
zone in the next assembly.
Akpabio polled a total of 422,009 ahead of
Inibehe Okorie, the candidate of the All
Progressive Congress (APC) who secured 15,
152 votes and Orji defeated Ahamdi Nweke of
the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) by
a wide margin.
The governor had 46,070 ahead of Nweke who
managed to secure 10, 204 votes.
Buruji Kashamu, chairman, organisation and
mobilisation committee of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), also emerged
victorious at the parliamentary poll.
Kashamu unseated Gbenga Kaka from the
Ogun east senatorial district, by polling 99, 540
votes ahead of Kaka’s 12, 972.
Kaka, a former deputy governor of the state,
defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP)
from the APC in 2014.
Meanwhile, David Umaru of the APC beat
Babaginda Aliyu, governor of Niger state, by a
wide margin in the Niger east senatorial
district.
Umaru had 149,443 votes against Aliyu’s
46,459 votes.
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