{"id":1146311,"date":"2022-07-10T17:10:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T17:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/10\/akpabio-will-be-elected-senator-in-2023-apc-insists\/"},"modified":"2022-07-10T17:10:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T17:10:41","slug":"akpabio-will-be-elected-senator-in-2023-apc-insists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/10\/akpabio-will-be-elected-senator-in-2023-apc-insists\/","title":{"rendered":"Akpabio Will Be Elected Senator In 2023, APC Insists"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Godswill Akpabio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Godswill Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta affairs, will be elected as a senator for Ikot Ekpene (Akwa Ibom North-West) in 2023, according to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom.<\/p>\n

The former minister entered the campaign for the party\u2019s presidential nomination but abandoned it in favor of a different contender.<\/p>\n

Udom Ekpoudom, a former deputy inspector-general of police (DIG), won the Akwa Ibom north-west senatorial primary on May 27 prior to the presidential primary.<\/p>\n

Ekperikpe Ekpo won a parallel primary that was also held, but it was later abandoned due to irregularities. According to a rerun held on June 8, Akpabio emerged as the exercise\u2019s winner.<\/p>\n

Also Read: INEC: Akpabio Not Recognised As Akwa Ibom APC Senatorial Candidate<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, in the list published by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Akpabio\u2019s name was excluded.<\/p>\n

Festus Okoye, INEC spokesperson, had asked aggrieved persons to challenge the commission\u2019s decision in court.<\/p>\n

But making the party\u2019s position known in a statement on Saturday, Iniobong John, chairman of the APC media committee in the state, reassured that the former minister would be elected.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s absolutely no cause for alarm, nothing to worry about. Reassured that Mr Akpabio will be elected senator for Ikot Ekpene (Akwa Ibom North-West) come 2023,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Godswill Akpabio Godswill Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta affairs, will be elected as a senator for Ikot Ekpene (Akwa Ibom North-West) in 2023, according to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom. The former minister entered the campaign for the party\u2019s presidential nomination but abandoned it in favor of a different contender. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1146313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1146311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1146311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1146311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1146311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1146311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}