The PDP chieftain, who is a House of Assembly candidate, also speaks of the rumour that he has withdrawn from the race.
Mr Udofia, hails fromwhere Mr Akpan is serving out his second term as council chairperson and also doubled as the PDP House of Assembly candidate for the area in Saturday’s election.
It was alleged that Mr Akpan had collapsed his structure for Mr Udofia ahead of the election after the photo went viral on the internet, an allegation the PDP chieftain has dismissed as “fake.”In a statement on Tuesday, Mr Akpan’s campaign council confirmed that the viral photo is that of the PDP chieftain but said it was taken during the local government electioneering campaign when Mr Akpan consulted Mr Udofia for his second term aspiration – Mr Udofia was a member of PDP then.
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