A’Ibom: INEC declares YPP candidate, Ukpong-Udo, Rep member-elect
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared, Mr. Emmanuel Ukpong-udo of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, as winner of the keenly contested Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency seat in Akwa Ibom State. The Returning Officer for the Constituency, Patrick Aderorho, declared the result at the Constituency collation center on Friday 5th May 2023, in the presence of collation agents of political parties and stakeholders. According to the INEC Returning Officer , Ukpong-udo, popularly called ‘Maccaire’, polled a total of 19, 926 votes to defeat the candidate of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Glory Edet, who polled a total of 15,765 votes. The Ikono/Ini federal constituency seat won by YPP has brought to three the number of House of Representatives seats the ruling party in the State lost to the opposition parties in the 2023 general polls. It will be recalled that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC), won the Ik...