A former minister of Petroleum and a BoT member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Don Etiebet, has rejected the candidacy of Godswill Akpabio for the 2023 senatorial election in Akwa Ibom North-West District.
Mr Etiebet, who is from the Akwa Ibom North-West District, said this shortly after the Friday’s judgment by the Supreme Court, which affirmed Mr Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, as the authentic APC candidate for the election in the district.
Mr Etiebet said the federal constituency which Mr Akpabio is from in the district has produced a senator “several times”, and that it is the turn of another federal constituency which has produced none before.
The Akwa Ibom North-West District comprises 10 local government areas which are grouped under four federal constituencies – Ikot Ekpene; Ikono/Ini; Ukanafun/Oruk Anam; and Abak.
The last two federal constituencies, usually lumped together in political discourse, are popularly referred to as Abak-5.
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