Presidential Election: Atiku floors Tinubu, Obi in Akwa Ibom
The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has won the presidential elections in Akwa Ibom State with 214,012 votes.
Atiku was closely followed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) party which came second with 160,620 votes, and Labour Party, third with 132,683 votes, while Young Progressives Party (YPP) and New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) came fourth and fifth with 27,179 and 7,796 votes respectively.
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Announcing the results in Uyo on Monday, the State Collation officer for the 2023 Presidential election in Akwa Ibom, Professor Emmanuel Adigio, Vice Chancellor of Nigeria Maritime University said the total number of votes cast was 587,417.
Adigio said registered voters were 2,357,418, accredited voters were 594,450, total valid votes were 555,089, and rejected votes were 32,328.
