The former governor of Akwa Ibom state and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustee member, Obong Victor Attah on Saturday attended the All Progressive Congress (APC) rally at Akwa Ibom and endorsed APC governorship candidate Obong Okon Umana against PDP candidate Emmanuel Udom in the forthcoming elections in Nigeria.

Attah told the mammoth crowd in live televised broadcast on NTA at Uyo where the APC grand rally took place that his decision to support Umunna was based on the desire for change in Akwa Ibom.

Attah said as a political leader in the state, he had to align himself with the majority of the people who want Umana as their governor.

He said despite the fact that he is a member of PDP it was his duty to identify with the wishes of the people of Akwa Ibom.

He also urged the people to vote for APC senatorial candidate who is contesting against the governor of the state, Godswill Akpabio who he accused of breaching the agreement of zoning in the state because of his selfish interest.

Also in attendance at the rally was founding member of PDP, Dan Etete who also enjoined the people to vote massively for APC candidates because they are the choice of the people in the state.

Etete urged the people to ensure that they vote and protect their votes by staying behind to watch the counting of their votes in various polling booths to avoid rigging on the day of the election.

It was not certain whether Attah and Etete have dumped from PDP to join APC but with the appearance of notable PDP members at the rally, it shows that there is a crack in PDP over the choice of their governorship candidate which they alleged was imposed against the wishes of the people by Akpabio.

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/03/21/pdp-bot-member-victor-attah-endorses-apc/

Less than 7 days to go..

Jonathan himself is going to endorse GMB..

To BUHARI SAI BABA..

To JONATHAN SAY BYEBYE.

Akwa Ibom is for Jonathan. GEJ all the way.

Akpabio already gave Attah the backseat in 2007, made sure he maintained that seat in 2011 and today, Attah has no say in AKS politics. Even small OBA controls a stronger influence. *history lesson.

Umana Okon Umana will not go beyond his shadow. The people remember him for the killings he championed to get Akpabio to his position as governor.

Gboliwe:
Akpabio already gave Attah the backseat in 2007, made sure he maintained that seat in 2011 and today, Attah has no say in AKS politics. Even small OBA controls a stronger influence. *history lesson.

Umana Okon Umana will not go beyond his shadow. The people remember him for the killings he championed to get Akpabio to his position as governor.

Comparing OBA with attah shows you know very little of AKS or ibibio politics.

House divided against itself....

@gboliwe: Those who understand politics really will know the implication of this. Even if the guy has no less than 50 followers..... Same mistake Mr. Tukur made with his prolly non-challant attitide, to let Amaechi and co leave then. The stuff is still backfiring till now

wow, that means that Umana Umana will lose the elections, from history anyone Attah endorses always lose election.

RoyalPriesthuud:
House divided against itself....

@gboliwe: Those who understand politics really will know the implication of this. Even if the guy has no less than 50 followers..... Same mistake Mr. Tukur made with his prolly non-challant attitide, to let Amaechi and co leave then. The stuff is still backfiring till now

To PDP supporters anybody who leaves their witchcraft coven is a nobody. But they forget even a single vote counts.

In the present situation in Akwa-ibom, Only massive rigging will enable udom beat umana Umana.

pendicle:


Comparing OBA with attah shows you know very little of AKS or ibibio politics.

Try and use your brain before hitting the reply and submit buttons. When I said " ...even small OBA...", did it imply I was comparing?abeg, move jor make I see better road

Only people who don't reside in the state would have the slightest belief that Umana the killer will win. The man isn't going further than his shadow.

Gboliwe:


Try and use your brain before hitting the reply and submit buttons. When I said " ...even small OBA...", did it imply I was comparing?abeg, move jor make I see better road

Only people who don't reside in the state would have the slightest belief that Umana the killer will win. The man isn't going further than his shadow.

Look at this mad educated illiterate. If your words "even small OBA controls more influence than him" doesn't mean comparing their political sagacity then it means what?

I wish you went to a good school unlike dame patient jonathan kinda tutors you had. I lived and worked in AKS for over 12years both in Ibeno and Eket, did programs and maintain strong contacts in Oron and have an apartment in Ewet Housing in Uyo. So don't assume or belief stupidly that you're talking to a novice here.

Go brushup your english before you insult because you only just prove you are so daft and stupid not to know the meaning of words you use.

pendicle:


Look at this mad educated illiterate. If your words "even small OBA controls more influence than him" doesn't mean comparing their political sagacity then it means what?

I wish you went to a good school unlike dame patient jonathan kinda tutors you had. I lived and worked in AKS for over 12years both in Ibeno and Eket, did programs and maintain strong contacts in Oron and have an apartment in Ewet Housing in Uyo. So don't assume or belief stupidly that you're talking to a novice here.

Go brushup your english before you insult because you only just prove you are so daft and stupid not to know the meaning of words you use.

Hehehhe, nobody least of all me wish to know your pedigree. Save it for your children. I write in very simple English for " overly educated" illiterates like you to comprehend. I can't simplify it further if you fail to key in to the meaning of "even small OBA"

Letter to Buhari from the grave of the innocents –
By Bashir Yusufu
Dear General Buhari; I would’ve addressed this letter privately to you, but in the expectation that you may not receive it, I decided to make it an Open Letter, in the hope that you would stumble on it, read it and hopefully feel some of the pains and anguish that have been my lot. Having said that, permit me therefore to proceed with the rest of this missive from the grave of innocents departed.
Last night, while I was at my modest home in Katsina, relaxing and probably half-awake, I heard the voice of my cousin who was killed in the North in April 2011 during the post-election violence instigated by your loss of the presidential election. With bloodshot sad eyes, my cousin, looking apparition-like, was wailing “Gen Buhari, why why”. My cousin’s name is (or was) Mallam Yusuf Danfulani, a bright young lad originally from Katsina State, who was slaughtered in cold blood and set on fire by youths chanting “Sai Buhari”, like they are again now chanting in 2015.
Gen Buhari, in case you have forgotten, Yusuf was slaughtered in your name even though he never did any wrong to you, and even voted for you against Dr Jonathan. He lost his life just because the murderers you encouraged by your many hate speeches believed Yusuf to be from middle belt or southern Nigeria, most probably because of his bulky looks and brave, patriotic attempts to prevent the killing of an innocent Youth Corper, Ukeoma Ikechukwu. Even though he cried out in Hausa and Fulfulde, he was still not believed by those you (Buhari) managed to brainwash to see all non-Fulani Nigerians as conspiring to vote against you. In this very case, Yusuf voted for you but his ‘Sai Buhari’ killers never believed he did. Like you, Gen Buhari, the mob was baying for the blood of innocents.
If not for Yusuf’s best friend who was with him and was himself nearly killed, we would not have recognized his charred body that was burnt beyond recognition. And thanks to the same friend for recounting to us the little he could make out at the last moments of Yusuf’s life, the agony he passed through and the most important words he uttered before he gave up. It is the same words I heard him utter last night from the grave: ‘Gen Buhari, why why’. Yet, to this day, you (Buhari) have not cared to apologize or show any remorse, but you instead offered lame excuses for the bloodletting you had instigated, and still instigate. I now ask you this: Gen Buhari, must you always shade blood, like you started doing from 1983, to rule Nigeria? Do you recall how you killed Brigadier Bako in 1983 just so you could take power by force from Shehu Shagari?
General Buhari, Ukeoma Ikechukwu himself was reported missing that same day Yusuf was murdered by your supporters, and finally confirmed dead the following day when his charred remains was discovered in a hooded area. Apparently, your supporters had dragged him out of the open and tortured him before finally snuffing life out of him. Like my cousin, Yusuf, Ukeoma was very young and an innocent. Unlike Dr. Jonathan, they were not contesting against you. Yet, when they were killed, part of Nigeria was killed with them; the same Nigeria that you are now angrily campaigning to rule.
Yusuf and Ukeoma were not alone. Six other innocent Youth Corpers were also murdered in Bauchi, where you Buhari, polled 1,315,209 votes (almost 82 per cent), defeating Dr Jonathan who scored 258,404 votes and did not even hit the 25 per cent mark. The corps members were reportedly chased to a police station where they sought refuge. But the rioters, who were raving mad with bloodlust and chanting “Sai Buhari”, overran the station and murdered the young Nigerians in cold blood. So, Gen Buhari, as you can see from the Bauchi result and it’s aftermath, your supporters even shade blood when you win; still you have no qualms. Today, you are prancing around the nation, arrogant and angry as usual, behaving like you have already won the election; and thus setting up another bloodletting if you are not announced winner.
The story of Obinna Okpokiri is as heart-wrenching as Yusuf’s. The 27-year-old was butchered and burnt to ashes, in the service of his fatherland. Okpokiri’s own circumstances were as gruesome as they could be. He had run to the Corpers’ Lodge as the rampaging ‘Sai Buhari’ rioters targeted Youth Corper polling officers recruited by INEC for the election. As painful death loomed, the young Nigerians contemplated fleeing to the barracks. But they were not lucky enough. Your ‘Sai Buhari’ supporters caught up with them, slaughtered and set them on fire. Like Yusuf, these innocents are human beings and future leaders on the last laps of fulfilling their national duty before moving on to a bright future. But it was not to be because, in your name, Gen Buhari, they were slaughtered, sliced, soaked in petrol and scorched. Reduced to ashes in minutes and in the most callous fashion by those that are not better citizens or humans than them.
General Buhari, while you are now busy inciting another violence, please bear in mind that in 2011, your supporters turned violent in whole 12 northern states as they burned the homes, vehicles, and properties of innocent Nigerians, some of whom are also Muslims and Northerners like you and my cousin Yusuf. Your ‘Sai Buhari’ supporters also targeted and killed Christians and members of southern Nigerian ethnic groups, who were seen as supporting the PDP, and they burnt churches across the north. One particular attack in Bauchi stood out as most heart-breaking. According to Human Rights Watch, on April 17 in Giade, a rural town in northern Bauchi, ‘Sai Buhari’ mobs attacked youth corps members in the town. The Corpers, who were mostly from Yoruba, ran to the local police station to seek refuge, but the mobs stormed the police station. The mob killed the police officer on duty and burned down the police station. They raped two of the female youth corps members and then hacked them to death with machetes, along with five male youth corps members. In total, rioters killed ten youth corps members in that town alone.
A lecturer at the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna State, described to Human Rights Watch how a mob of Muslims chanting “Change, Sai Buhari” attacked and killed several Christian students, a Christian lecturer and four Muslim students suspected of being PDP sympathizers on April 17: He said “Between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., they entered the school chanting slogans and shouting: “Where are the Christians and Muslims that supported the ruling party?” They had painted their faces black and were shouting that they needed “change”, the Congress for Progressive Change campaign slogan. The mob had all sorts of weapons – machetes, sticks, and clubs. They started breaking the glass on the buildings. The students ran away but the mob pursued them into the staff quarters and they had nowhere to go. The mob beat them to death. The lecturer they killed was Yoruba“.
Finally, Gen Buhari, let me end this letter by asking you this question: When are you going to apologize to me, to Yusuf’s aged parents, to Ukeoma’s parents, to parents of all innocents murdered by your brainwashed supporters, to Nigeria and to mankind? And here is Yusuf again, asking you from the grave: “Gen Buhari, why why”.
Bashir Yusufu.
yusufubashir@yahoo.com

Gboliwe:


Hehehhe, nobody least of all me wish to know your pedigree. Save it for your children. I write in very simple English for " overly educated" illiterates like you to comprehend. I can't simplify it further if you fail to key in to the meaning of "even small OBA"

Keep on exhibiting your stupidity and foolishness. If only you have a little bit of sanity you would have seen your lack of understanding in your own write up. Why not write your full statement . Even small OBA control more influence yet you want to wish that part away. Sorry you can't delete the post. Go brush up your english before you talk next time. Half baked school cert. Holder.

Sai General till GEJ himself endorses APC.

Jst get ur PVC =Please Vote Change.

Bcoz, I have decided to march4change.