Maria Godwin Akwaji has recorded a landslide in the Obudu State constituency seat of Cross River.
With her victory, Maria of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) succeeds her husband Godwin Akwaji, who died in June, due to COVID-19 complications.
Akwaji was declared the winner of the poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday.
INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Abel Ezeoha, said Akwaji won with a landslide victory of 32, 166 votes.
Her closest opponent of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abor Adaje Godwin garnered 3,546 votes
