Senator James John Udoedehe has emerged winner of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, governorship primary election in Akwa Ibom State.
Udoedehe won the primary election with a total of 66.099 votes, defeating his closest rival, Barr Mfon Peters, who scored 103 votes.Also Princess Pat Akpabio, a sister inlaw of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, cliched the party’s ticket for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District with a total of 21,326 votes.
The Chairman, Primary Election Committee, John Elijah, who announced the results, commended the party’s members for their orderliness and peaceful disposition during the primaries across the state.
He expressed optimism that the candidates for various offices would emerge victorious at the general polls in 2027.
In his acceptance speech, the governorship candidate, Udoedehe, thanked party members for electing him, noting that he joined the race to salvage Akwa Ibom State.
Udoedehe who is a former Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, stated that ADC as an opposition party has come to give Akwa Ibom people an alternative government where accountability would be entrenched.
He decried the rate of unemployment, poverty and inequality in the state, pledging that his administration would address the issues.
“We are coming to give Akwa Ibom people an alternative government, building them from sprinkled daily bread policy to affluence,” he said.
Speaking on behalf of other candidates, the candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, Princess Akpabio, said she was out to win and not to romance anybody’s ego.
She urged Akwa Ibom people to take advantage of the Continus Voters Registration exercise, to register and collect their Permanent Voter Cards in oder to be eligible to vote come 2027.
She added, “I believe in change and we are capable to make the change. We are not here to massage anyone, our aim is to make a better Nigeria and better Akwa Ibom.”
