…‘Tell them I am not coming,
Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel, Tuesday, dispelled reports of his imminent defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying “Akwa Ibom is PDP, PDP is Akwa Ibom.’
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Cross River State
Following the defection of his Cross River State counterpart, Ben Ayade to the APC, last week, Emmanuel was rumoured to be the next governor to join the APC further reducing the number of South South governors presently in the PDP.
However, reacting to the claims, Emmanuel said: “Do you know why they are writing that I will join them? They are looking for good people to repair their party. They want someone with projects as they don’t have any. They want someone that commissions projects. They have never commissioned any because they don’t have any. Tell them I am not coming.
“Akwa Ibom is PDP! PDP is Akwa Ibom! When you see them, tell them that Akwa Ibom is not like any other State. Akwa Ibom is PDP! I think a word Is enough for the wise. You know, when they come and see the good roads that the Governor has constructed, they are looking for a way for us to come and do the same there. Tell them that it is not the same. The kind of anointing that is in PDP cannot be found in any Party.”
It would be recalled that earlier in the year, the Ebonyi Governor, David Umahi also defected to the APC from the PDP, in a move that received backlashes from party chieftains in the state.
(The Oracle)