The Young Progressives Party in Nigeria YPP, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to immediately declare the candidate of the Young Progressives Party, Honourable Emmanuel Ukpong-Udo representing Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency of Akwa-Ibom State the winner of the election.
The Party said it’s candidate should be declared winner because he polled the highest number of valid votes in the contest in accordance with the 2022 Electoral Act.
In a statement by the party Publicity Secretary, Comrade Wale Martins, the Party said it would do it best to ensure lawful elected candidates would not be deprived of victory when the people have spoken through the ballot.
“Never again should lawful elected candidates be deprived of victory when the people have spoken through the ballot as it is increasingly becoming clear especially after the just concluded general elections that corrupt politicians are the greatest threats to our democracy,” he explained.
According to him, “recall that the candidate of the Young Progressives Party on February 25th polled a total of 19,926 votes against the 15,765 votes scored by the candidate of the PDP in 20 out of 21 wards of the Federal Constituency but the election was declared inconclusive by INEC, thereby setting up a supplementary election, which was also violently disrupted by the some desperate politicians not willing to subject themselves to the verdict of the electorates.”
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