The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom, Umo Eno, has been declared the winner of the governorship election in Akwa Ibom State.
Mr Eno was declared the winner on Sunday in Uyo, the state capital, by Emmanuel Adigio, a professor and Returning Officer for INEC.
Recall that Eno trended earlier this week when he announced that he would declare ‘Happy Hour’ every Friday, when Akwa Ibom residents can get beer at discounted prices from designated bars if he was elected.
Mr Eno won in 29 of the 31 local government areas in the state with a total of 354,348 votes to defeat his top challenger, Bassey Albert of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), who won in two local governments areas, scoring 136,262 votes.
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Akanimo Udofia, came third with 129,602 votes. The candidates of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Labour Party scored 12,509 and 4,746 votes respectively.
Mr Adigio gave the total number of registered voters in the state as 2,357,418 out of which 657,959 representing about a quarter were accredited for the exercise.
