Godswill Akpabio, the immediate past minister of Niger Delta Affairs, won the Akwa Ibom North West senatorial election on Saturday during the National Assembly elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)Â declared Akpabio, an All Progressives Congress (APC) member, the winner of the election in the early hours of Monday.
INEC’s Akwa Ibom returning officer, Prof. Anthony Udoh, who made the declaration, said the former Akwa Ibom governor received 115,401 valid votes to defeat Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr Emmanuel Enoidem, who received 69,838 votes.