With the results declared so far by Returning Officers in the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections held on Saturday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has taken a commanding lead over his All Progressives Congress (APC) and Labour Party (LP) counterparts, Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi respectively, as election results trickled in from local government areas of Akwa Ibom State.
With results from no fewer than 21 LGAs declared so far at the presidential election collation centre located at the State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) presided over by the State’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr. Cyril Onoregbe, Atiku has won in 17 LGAs, with Tinubu trailing in three, while Obi won in one LGA.
Elections in some Wards, according to the Returning Officers (ROs), did not hold because of violence especially in Ikono, Etim Ekpo, Ini and other LGAs, where cases of snatching of BVAS and killings…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
