For over 16 years, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP had a
strong grip on Akwa Ibom State but all that is about to
change as the party is facing its biggest threat yet in the
state; the All Progressives Congress, APC. PDP has recently
been hit by massive defections, the party also recently
suffered other recent unfortunate events which included the
ruling at the tribunal which was not in their favour. Givng the
kind of popularity PDP has in the state, a lot of people are
wondering the reason behind the massive exodus from the
party. In this piece, INFORMATION NIGERIA has put
together the reasons the defectors are defecting…
1. After weeks of legal battle over the governorship election
in Akwa Ibom state, the tribunal nullified the election in 18
out of the 31 local government areas of the state, dealing
the PDP its first blow.
2. The APC candidate approached the appeal court, insisting
that elections in the entire state be nullified, the PDP also
queried the initial cancellation of election in 18 local
government areas by the tribunal and urged the upper court
to set aside the election and declare its candidate, Udom
Emmanuel, as governor.
3. The appeal court nullified election in the entire state and
ordered a rerun in 90 days. This deepened the PDP crisis.
4. Though, the PDP and its candidate approached the
Supreme Court to ask that the ruling be upturned, observers
say people in the state seem to have lost confidence in the
party, and are now pitching tent with the APC, because of its
reported growing popularity.
5. The growing popularity of the APC is evident in the large
number of people who attended a rally organised by the
party. The rally was to honour victims of election violence
and Umana Umana, for APC’s victory at the court and to
receive defectors into the party.
6. The defectors were led by the former chairman of the PDP
in the state, Chief Otu Ita Toyo, who hails from the same
senatorial district as the governor, Udom Emmanuel. The
defectors also included many top members of the PDP.
7. The highest number of high profile defections are
recorded in Eket and Ikot-Ekpene senatorial zones, where
the governor, Udom Emmanuel and former governor
Godswill Akpabio, hail from.
Political analysts are of the view that the apex court’s ruling
will not be different from that of the tribunal and the
appellate court, do you agree??

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FG will bully weak men into their evil party, lets see who are the weak men

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