The senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West (Ikot Ekpene) senatorial district, Dr. Chris Ekpenyong, has advised the former minister of the Niger Delta Affairs and the All Progressives senatorial candidate for the 2013 election, Godswill Akpabio, to shelve his senatorial ambition as he has been rejected by the people.
He said that the former minority leader should not even bother to contest again as he would face another impending defeat such as the one he suffered in 2019
Akpabio had while inaugurating his Senatorial Campaign Council for the Ikot Ekpene senatorial district on Thursday claimed that he won the 2019 election but the results were manipulated in favour of Ekpenyong.
The former governor of Akwa Ibom state had said, “The people of Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District want to use this election to prove to the world that their son, Senator Godswill Akpabio, won the senatorial election in 2019 but the results were manipulated against him and one of those who took part in that heinous crime, is today cooling off in prison.”
