Former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has
vowed to ensure that the victory of Dr Chris Ekpenyong of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in the election for Ikot-Ekpene Senatorial District is
reversed.
Ekpenyong was declared winner of the senatorial seat after
polling 118,215 votes to defeat Senator Akpabio of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), who got 83,158 votes.
Senator Akpabio who was a former Senate Minority Leader
while he was with the PDP, said he would challenge the results of the election
as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on
Tuesday.
He spoke with Channels Television on its live programme on
the election, The Verdict, that he won the poll and was optimistic that the
court would make the final decision.
“It’s a temporary setback. That is why there are processes.
For instance, if you feel that you were cheated or there was wrong collation,
you have recourse to the courts.
I did not fail; I can’t fail. I believe strongly that there
must have been some wrong collation somewhere.
Those things will be corrected. We have processes in the
election. It’s from one stage; we have to do registration, vote and collate”
Akpabio said.
