By Jonathan Ugbal, Godwin Otang And Kanjah Godshield
The candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the Akamkpa/ Biase Federal Constituency, Honorable Emil Inyang has emerged winners of the court rerun elections in the constituency.
Inyang pulled a total of 15,930 votes to defeat his closest contender Igwe Augustin Aidam of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 12, 417 votes to come second.
The Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 polls were held across some affected polling units in the constituency, and the result collated and announced late hours of Saturday as most polling units were in remote and hard-to-reach areas.
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Announcing the results, the returning officer, Joshua Umoh, declared, “That, I am the returning officer for the 2024 Akamkpa Biase Federal Constituency rerun election held February 3rd, 2024. The election was contested. The candidates received the following votes;
Aidam Augustine….. AA: 37
Adem Adem….. ADC: 255
Inyang Emil -APC: 15, 930
John Dennis….APM: 101
Esu Ejemot William….. LP: 6, 410
Emmanuel Inyang…..NNPP: 165
Igwe Augustin Aidam…..PDP: 12, 417
PRP: 58
SDP: 19
YPP: 51
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He proceeded: “That Inyang Emile of APC has certified the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner as returned elected.”
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