AKWA IBOM 2015: UDOM CALLS NIGERIA’S FIRST LADY ENEMY OF AKWA IBOM, PREPARES YOUTHS FOR RAMPAGE:



A frontline Governorship aspirant in Akwa Ibom State, alleged to be Governor Godswill Akpabio’s ‘anointed,’ Mr. Udom Emmanuel, is said to be on a campaign of calumny against Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, whom he sees as an impediment to his aspiration.

Investigation revealed that Mr. Emmanuel, the immediate past Secretary to the State Government (SSG), through some of his recent actions and statements, inciting youths against the First Lady.

In a statement, one of the Youth leaders, Mr. Michael Okon, accused the First Lady of trying to manipulate the list of just concluded Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) ad hoc delegate congresses in the state, threatening that youths of the state will resist such manipulation to any level.

“Mr. President Sir, it is no longer hear-say that the unseen hand behind the problems in State PDP regarding the ad hoc delegate list result of Saturday, November 1, 2014, hangs on the neck of our supposed First Lady. We are compelled to say, without reservation for apology, that she is overheating the polity. I tell you, this act will further make us to be susceptible to the opposition, particularly APC. We do not want to be spoon-fed by anybody, neither do we want to be decided for,” the statement stated.

The statement which was tagged “Dame Patience Ebele Jonathan: The Unseen Nemesis of our future,” also indicted the National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, and National Working Committee (NWC) members of the party of foul play.

“This is a call to all youths of Akwa Ibom State to rise and disparage the hanky-panky of the Presidency. We have worked, toiled, and slaved to have the our future, our dream and no First Lady, No Muazu, No NWC member will take our right and throw it to the mud.”

The statement concluded by insisting that their principal, the former SSG, won in a landslide, at the just concluded congresses, according to the statement, “the just concluded delegate congresses of our great Party, PDP, no doubt saw Elder Udom Emmanuel on the lead, but we hearing a different tune from Abuja. It shall not stand. We know what we want as youths of this state and nobody will stay in Abuja and decide for us.”

Meanwhile, Akwa Ibom Coalition for Good Governance has described the allegation as false and baseless, and urged the security agencies to look into the matter and bring the youth leader to book for trying to throw mud on the Presidency.

The group in a statement signed by its National President, Comrade Unyime Usanga, also copied the Inspector General of Police, the Director of Department of Security Service and the National Chairman of PDP, urging them to verify how the said youth leader managed to know the result of the congresses, a sacred document of PDP, to the extent of saying it was tampered with.

“We disassociate ourselves from insult meted on our country’s First Lady and the Presidency. As we all know, the ad hoc delegate list is a sacred document of the party. It is usually published on the eve of the primaries. So, we urged the security agencies to bring this culprits and their sponsor to verify how they managed to know that such document was tampered with by the First lady, who is neither a member of PDP nor a member of its NWC,” the statement urged.

“From the statement of the youth leader in support of the aspiration of Udom Emmanuel, one is quick to observe that he has urged youths within his control to fight against the leadership of the party at the national level, which is contrary to the norms of the party. We also know that this alleged fight may be mere media propaganda. We are not adamant to the tricks and antics of desperate politicians, but we wish to tell the Presidency that Akwa Ibom State is known for peace, if any rancor commence thereafter, Mr. Michael Okon and his sponsor should be held responsible.”

They called on Mr. Michael Okon and his groups to account for the result sheets of the Ward Congresses in the state so as to prove to the public that their principal was the winner of the congress; else their allegation will be considered baseless and cheap blackmail.


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