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Liyel Imoke emerges victorious in Cross River elections

PDP flagbearer Senator Liyel Imoke on Sunday emerged winner of Saturday’s Cross River governorship elections, winning with 451,544 votes and beating out 11 other contestants … Continue reading Liyel Imoke emerges victorious in Cross River elections


Governor Liyel Imoke and his wife

PDP flagbearer Senator Liyel Imoke on Sunday emerged winner of Saturday’s Cross River governorship elections, winning with 451,544 votes and beating out 11 other contestants for the seat.

INEC returning officer and Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Profesor James Epoke, declared Imoke victorious, with Usani Usani of the opposing Action Congress of Nigeria party coming in a distant second with 31,206 votes.

All Nigeria’s People’s Party (ANPP) candidate, Mr. Patrick Okomiso came in third with 2,235 votes while Mrs. Ima Nsa-Adegoke of the Labour Party stole fourth with 1,922 votes.

Epoke said: “Imoke having satisfied the requirements of the law and having scored the highest number of votes is hereby the winner and returned elected.”

The Cross River State election is the last of the five rescheduled elections. The Supreme Court, in January, had sacked five state governors, including Liyel Imoke of Cross River state and the governors of Adamawa, Bayelsa, Sokoto and Kogi states.

The court had ruled the governors had overstayed their tenures, appointed acting governors and called for fresh elections.

The polls were said to be peaceful, though some reports noted low voter turnouts. The newly elected Governor Liyel Imoke was said to have won more than 25 per cent of the votes cast in all 18 local governments of the southern Nigerian state.

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