There is palpable tension in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital as Militants under the aegis of ‘Unyekisong Akwa Ibom’ have asked Governor Udom Emmanuel to rescind his endorsement of Pastor Umo Eno as his successor.
They gave the governor one month ultimatum to accede to their demands or face the consequences even though they didn’t mention the nature of the action, but stressed, “failure to accede will be disastrous.”
In a statement tagged ‘Unyekisong Ibom Reject Imposition of POS Governor’ and signed by General Ekpo Ekpo, Commander Akan Bassey and Commander Sampson Umanah, the militants said the governor’s action was a huge threat to the People’s Democratic Party family and the entire state.
According to the statement, “The endorsement of Pastor Umo Eno is not only a threat to the PDP family but the entire state which will bring anarchy, insecurity and killings. The nomination of a particular candidate by the governor and leader of the party is totally unjust and unfair to other governorship aspirants in the state.
“After carefully studying the report submitted by credible sources, we have come to the conclusion that the endorsement of Pastor Umo Eno is not for the benefit of the state but would rather serve as a POS and commissioner to Mr. Udom Emmanuel after leaving office to siphon money.”
They, therefore, gave the Governor one month ultimatum to withdraw his support for Pastor Umo Eno and do proper and wider consultations stressing, “failure shall be disastrous as we will not fold our arms and watch his imposition unchallenged”.
They called on political leaders, traditional rulers, elders, women, youths and entire masses of the state to get their PVCs to enable them fight any form of imposition in 2023.
