Nigeria, July 31 -- The police in Akwa Ibom State have arrested and secured the remand of a resident following a cyberstalking petition filed by Prince Akpabio, the lawmaker representing the Essien Udim State Constituency in the House of Assembly.

Prince, a nephew of the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, is seeking re-election on the platform of the APC.

He defected from the PDP to the APC alongside Governor Umo Eno last year.

The remanded man, Mitchel Nkereuwem is the husband of Inemesit Nkereuwem, the ADC candidate for the Essien Udim State Constituency seat. She is seeking to unseat Prince in the 2027 election.

Her husband was remanded by a Magistrate Court in Uyo after being arraigned over allegations that he shared on WhatsApp a...