Governor, Deacon Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State says those plotting to turn the state into a theatre of war shall be put to shame by the will of the people, even as said he is hopeful that in 2019 the people of Akwa Ibom will support him to continue the good works of “re-writing the Akwa Ibom Story.”
Deacon Udom stated this in his Christmas message on December 25, while felicitating with Akwa Ibomites on the birth of Jesus Christ.
He said, “This particular Christmas broadcast is significant in a number of ways: I am speaking to you my dear people before the 2019 electioneering campaigns begin in earnest which will end with the elections proper.
“A few years ago, we lived in the inglorious world as captured by Thomas Hobbes- a society where life was nasty, brutish and short, you are all living witnesses to those dark years when our people were kidnapped, murdered or brutally killed for holding different political opinions.
“You are all living witnesses to a sick and inglorious times when old men and women were not spared the horrors of politically motivated killings.
Three and half years as your Governor, no one has been kidnapped for political reasons, no one has been assassinated for holding a different political view point; no one has been harassed for speaking his or her mind.
“I have been insulted, called all manner of names but I have taken it all in the chin, knowing full well that our people who enjoy the peace and security in this State are with us.”
Senator Godswill Akpabio had in August this year during a church service in Enugu State, as part of the burial service of his wife, Nneoma’s grandmother, said that “in 2019 Warsaw shall see war and war shall see Warsaw.”
The former governor’s comments drew strong reactions from different quarters prompting him to clarify that he only likened the victory the All Progressives Congress would achieve in Akwa Ibom state to the invasion of Poland by Adolf Hitler.
However, in his message, Governor Udom says Akwa Ibom people should choose peace and security.
“Do you, my dear Akwa Ibomites want to go back to the days of horror, of killings and of kidnappings? The same people who brought you those years of horror are back together and they have promised you and the entire world that they will unleash violence upon you in the fashion of Warsaw saw war.
