UNICAL VC wins APC senatorial ticket

Prof Zana Akpagu, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), has won the All Progressives Congress primaries.

He is going to contest in the October 31 bye-election for the Northern Cross River State Senatorial seat in the state.

He scored 75,490 votes to defeat his closest rival, Joe Agi (SAN) and three other contestants for the APC ticket.

The results were announced by the Senatorial Returning Officer for the party, Mr Lazarus Undie.

“Based on what we have declared here, we state that Prof. Zana Akpagu having scored the highest number of votes in this contest is the winner of the APC Senatorial primary election,” he declared.

The result was announced in the presence of Mr Asuquo Afia, the representative of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Mr Afia observed the conduct of the election with the Zonal Organising Secretary of the party, Atsu Liberty.