Nigeria, Feb. 5 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Emmanuel Ukpong-Udo of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) as the winner of the re-run election for the Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State.

Mr Ukpong-Udo, who is returning to the National Assembly for a second term, polled a total of 24,050 votes to defeat his closest challenger Glory Edet of the Peoples Democratic Party who scored 17,282 votes.

He was first elected to the National Assembly on the platform of the PDP but boycotted the PDP primary and later defected to the YPP.

The election results declaration was live-streamed on Facebook, on Sunday.

This is the second time that the federal lawmaker has defeated Mrs Edet, a former commiss...