As the battle for Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial seat rages, former deputy inspector general of police Udom Ekpoudom has said he is under pressure to surrender the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket to Senator Godswill Akpabio.
Ekpoudom, who was declared the authentic ticket holder by the Federal High Court in Abuja, spoke to journalists in Abak, vowing that he would not surrender the mandate.
He said he had earlier in the run-up to the 2015 elections dropped his quest for the seat to Akpabio who was then ending his tenure as governor, to move to the senate in order for him to have a safe landing and be politically relevant after eight years as governor.
He said: “In 2015, it was the turn of Abak Federal Constituency, the zone that had never produced senator before among the four federal constituencies making the senatorial district.
