Apart from a serving senator, Nelson Effiong, no other aspirant has been cleared by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest the party’s primary for the Akwa Ibom South District.
Mr Effiong, who was first elected senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before his defection to the APC, will, therefore, run unopposed in the primary holding on Wednesday.
A former state chairman of PDP, Otu Toyo, who defected to APC since 2015, was one of the two persons who bought nomination form for the primary.
The other is Victor Antai, a former commissioner in the state who was sacked from the state executive council two months ago by Governor Udom Emmanuel for shifting his loyalty to a senator, Godswill Akpabio, when Mr Akpabio defected from the PDP to the APC.
The party has not given any reason for disqualifying the two aspirants.
People interviewed by PREMIUM TIMES on the issue said Messrs Toyo and Antai had higher chances of winning the election against the incumbent senator.
PREMIUM TIMES could not immediately reach the aspirants or the party for their comments.
Mr Toyo, during an interview with PREMIUM TIMES last month, had appealed to the APC and the people of the district to ensure that only the best is given the party ticket for the 2019 senate race.
Akwa Ibom, he said, had not been fortunate to have good representation at the National Assembly
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