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Akwa Ibom: INEC declares PDP winner of Eket federal constituency

- Patrick Ifon of the Peoples Democratic Party has won the House of Representatives seat for Eket federal constituency in Akwa Ibom

- The Independent National Electoral Commission declared Ifon as winner of the Saturday, February 23 election

- Ifon polled 61,580 votes to defeat his closest rival, Akpabio Kufre of the All Progressives Congress, who scored 11,263 votes

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Patrick Ifon, the House of Representatives candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winner of the Eket federal constituency election held on Saturday, February 23.

Announcing the results, the returning officer, Professor Bassey Antia of the University of Uyo, said that Ifon polled 61,580 votes to defeat his closest rival, Akpabio Kufre of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 11,263 votes, NAN reports.

Legit.ng gathers that the results was announced at Eket senatorial district collation Centre on Monday, February 25.

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Addressing his supporters, Ifon, the Eket federal constituency member-elect, thanked the constituents for being steadfast in their quest to ensure that the people’s will prevailed.

He said: “This is a collective victory in the face of threatening assertions by the opposition. It is a victory attributed to God, the people and a proof that Akwa Ibom is PDP."

Ifon commended INEC for the peaceful process but decried the malfunctioning of the card readers that disenfranchised a lot of eligible voters from voting.

He said: “I commend INEC for the peaceful process but I urge them to do better during the Governorship and State Assembly elections."

Ifon promised his constituents a better representation, saying since the victory was a collective one, the representation would as well be collective.

He further charged the electorate not to be deterred in replicating the same love shown to him to the governor and all state Assembly candidates of the PDP on March 9.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the House of Representatives, 35-year-old Tajudeen Adeyemi Adefisoye, won the Idanre/Ifedore federal constituency seat at the National Assembly election held on Saturday, February 23, in Ondo state.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, February 24, declared Adefisoye as winner of the election.

Adefisoye floored his closest rival, Kayode Akinmade of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), by polling 16,186 votes, while the latter got 14,191.

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