Reports indicate there were pockets of violence also in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area which prevented voting.
The Managing Director of the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority , Umana Umana, has spoken on the conduct of the governorship and house of assembly elections in Akwa Ibom State.
Mr Umana, however, accused members of the Peoples Democratic Party of disrupting the election in some parts of Nsit Ubium.“For example, one of the units very close to me where we have retired Captain Iniobong Ekong, the materials were hijacked, they brought in thugs who perpetrated violence. Many of the voters were injured,” Mr Umana, a former secretary to the Akwa Ibom government, said.
When PREMIUM TIMES contacted Mr Ekong, a security aide to Governor Udom Emmanuel, he denied the allegation that the PDP sponsored thugs to disrupt the election.
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