Sunday Aborisade, AbujaThe newly elected senator representing Akwa Ibom North West, Christopher Ekpeyong, was sworn in on Thursday by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. Ekpeyong won the rerun election ordered by the Court and conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission on January 25. READ ALSO: Malabu Oil scam: Court grants bail to Adoke, othersThe Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who contested the February 2019 National Assembly election as a sitting senator on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, had dragged Ekpeyong to court. Ekpeyong's victory was cut short by the Appeal Court which directed INEC to conduct a fresh poll. But Ekpeyong won again in the January 25, 2020 re-run election for Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District.

Source: Punch January 30, 2020 10:35 UTC