By Admin
Indigenes of Akwa Ibom State, South-South Nigeria, have elected Pastor Umo Eno, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the next Governor of the state.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Eno as the winner of the March 18 governorship poll in the state. Eno polled 354,348 to defeat his closest rivals — Akanimo Udofia of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 129,602 votes and Labour Party (LP)’s Uduakobong who got 4,746 votes.
Promise Of ‘Happy Hour’
Eno who is the anointed candidate of the incumbent Governor, Udom Emmanuel, had in a trending video days ago, promised that there will be “happy hour” in the state every Friday if elected into office.
Happy hour is a period of the day when drinks are sold at reduced prices in a bar or other such facilities.
In a trending video seen by Heritage Times HT, Eno was heard saying he’ll subsidise alcohol between 5pm and 6pm on Fridays.
“Every Friday, I will have what I call happy hour for the state. And what do I want to do with happy hour? It’s simple. I want to create business for people that have facility. So, we declare that between 5 and 6, these are the bars that will sell drinks at certain price,” he said.
Eno was declared the winner by INEC Returning Officer in the state, Prof Emmanuel Adigio.
