Former Senate Minority Leader, Senator GodswillAkpabio, has promised to challenge his loss in the February 23 NationalAssembly elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission, haddeclared Chris Ekpenyong of the Peoples Democratic Party as winner of thesenatorial election in the Ikot-Ekpene Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State. According to the result declared by the INECReturning Officer, Peter Ogbang, Ekpenyong, who is a former deputy governor,scored 118,215 votes to defeat the incumbent senator, Akpabio of the AllProgressives Congress, who secured 83,158 votes. The result was announced at the INEC headquarters inUyo instead of Ikot-Ekpene because of alleged security threats in the area. But Akpabio, who spoke on The Verdict, on Wednesday,vowed to challenge the collation of the results, adding that he could not losethe election.