Akwa Ibom APC governorship candidate loses LGA to Atiku

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State, Nsima Ekere, has lost his Local Government Area, Ikot Abasi, to the Peoples Democratic Party in Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.

Results showed that PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, polled 8,343, while President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC got 5,710 votes.

PDP scored 8,552 in the senatorial contest, while APC polled 6,066.

For the House of Representatives, it was PDP 8,539, while APC garnered 6,119 votes.