Akpabio reveals why he lost 2019 senatorial election in Akwa Ibom
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- Jun 10, 2019
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The Senator, who represented Akwa Ibom north-west district in the 8th National Assembly, Godswill Akpabio, has said God will soon expose those who “fraudulently orchestrated” his defeat during the 2019 general elections.
Akpabio stated this at Ukana, Essien Udim local government area of the state, while empowering some of his constituents.
The former Governor of the state accused the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner of the state, Mike Igini, of denying him of the mandate freely given to him.
He described Igini as the “most compromised electoral officer in Nigeria and should not be allowed to hold public office”.
“Please nobody should have any headache, nobody should cry because there is no need. You know your Senator cannot lose election because we were all there.
“But many of them thought they can go and write whatever they like and even cancel what you won. I have never in my life experienced a resident electoral commissioner like Mike Igini and my message to him is that his hypocrisy will be exposed.
“There is no way you can come into Akwa Ibom and commit that kind of electoral fraud you committed then you go back to Channels Television and sit down and talk as if you are a pope.
“Very soon the world will know… All the materials we are recovering everyday will expose you.
“Just yesterday, the police arrested people carrying materials from where they voted and were trying to sneak into INEC. The other day, they arrested someone with card readers. He was frantically calling and trying to say that they were used for training three months after election so that they will continue to manipulate,” Akpabio said.
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