Senate 2023: Akpabio Loses Out As Akwa Ibom Stakeholders Endorse PDP’s Enoidem
- Sone prominent people in Akwa Ibom has thrown their weight behind the decision for Abak federal Constituency to produce the next Senator for the Senatorial District
- The resolved to adopt and endorse PDP candidate for Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District, Barr Emmanuel Enoidem as the consensus candidate
- Former governor of the state, Godswill Akpabio, is also contesting the senatorial seat with former PDP national legal adviser
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Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District Elders Forum, a non partisan coalition of leaders of all political parties in Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, have thrown it's weight behind the decision for Abak federal Constituency to produce the next senator for the senatorial district.
The meeting was convened by former Minister of Petroleum, Otuekong Don Etiebet with the Leader of the Senatorial District and Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Moses Ekpo, MFR, in attendance.
Their action, they insists, is to ensure the sustainance of the prevailing peace, unity, progress, growth, development and prosperity of Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, Daily Trust reports.
Source: Twitter
The meeting held on Tuesday, February 21, at the auditorium of Ritman University, Ikot Ekpene.
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They also vowed to ensure no one man is allowed to cause political disaffection in Annang land in particular and Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District in general.
They consequently resolved to adopt and endorse former PDP National Legal Adviser, and PDP Candidate for Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District, Barr Emmanuel Enoidem as the consensus candidate for the election.
The forum added:
"Senator Godswill Akpabio is reminded that the Abak federal Constituency has sacrificed it's chances thrice to help him win the governorship in 2007 and 2011, and again to honour him as an Ex-Governor to go to the Senate in 2015. His refusal to respect the decision of the Leaders of the Senatorial District, to solely allow someone from Abak federal Constituency this time around, is nothing else but an arrogant exhibition of selfish ambition, which is capable of destroying the fabrics if unity, fairness and peace which have characterized the Senatorial elections in the District since 1960."
They vowed to vehemently reject and resist any attempt to cause disaffection, disunity, and political crisis in the Senatorial District by anybody or group of persons no matter how highly placed.
Supreme Court finally opens up on verdicts over Lawan, Akpabio as APC candidates
Meanwhile, the supreme court has cautioned its critics on its verdicts on the former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio; and the senate president, Ahmed Lawan.
The duo did not participate in the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primaries in their constituencies as they went to contest for their party's presidential tickets but they were declared as the authentic candidate of the party at the supreme court.
But in a statement by Festus Akande, the director of press and information of the apex court, it condemned the criticism that it described as "unwarranted attacks on judicial officers".
Source: Legit.ng
