Governor Udom Emmanuel preferred successor, Umo Eno, Wednesday, won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in Akwa Ibom State.
Mr Eno, a former commissioner for lands and water resources in the state, scored 993 votes to clinch the party ticket for the 2023 governorship election.
His closest defeat rivals, Onofiok Luke, and Akan Okon, tied on three votes each in a primary that recorded two void votes from the 1,018 delegates accredited for the exercise.
With the victory, Mr Eno will fly the PDP flag as the gubernatorial candidate of the party in the state in March 2023.
Declaring the winner, Philip Shuaibu, the deputy governor of Edo State and chairman of the governorship primary, said Mr Eno satisfied the conditions of the party guidelines and has been declared the winner.
In his victory speech, Mr Eno, who became emotional, promised to consolidate on the achievements of Mr Emmanuel.
He thanked the governor for seeing what others…
