Udom Emmanuel Wins  Akwa Ibom Governorship Election. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the gubernatorial election in Akwa Ibom State. By this, the candidate of the party, Udom Emmanuel, who is the incumbent governor has successfully actualised his second term ambition. The governor polled 519,712 votes to emerged victorious. He was trailed by Nsima Ekere of the All Progressive Congress (APC) who came second with 171,978 votes. This was announced by the state returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Faraday Orunmwense, a professor and vice chancellor of the University of Benin. Mr Orunmwense, in the presence of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the state, Mike Igini, made the announcement at the headquarters of the electoral body early on Monday morning.