The press has gradually been reduced to what Hunter Thompson described as a gang of cruel gays; a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and misfits—a false doorway to the backside of life, a filthy piss-ridden little hole nailed off by the building inspector, but just deep enough for a wino to curl up from the sidewalk and masturbate like a chimp in a zoo-cage.
This is the picture that emergency media groups birthed from the pockets of OBA and Inyangeyen have turned a noble profession into.

The continuous display of tantrum and desperation by Bassey Albert, Ephraim Inyang and their cohorts because of the staggering credentials of Pst. Umo Eno is enough proof that the later is the best hand for the Hilltop mansion in the 2023 general election.
Already, Pst. Umo Eno's aspiration has suffocated sleep from their eyes, and these attacks are the last effort of a dying man to gasp for air. It is the similitude of a snake whose head has been chopped off.

This last display of failed strength by these fellows is simply a means devised to win the sympathy of members of the public. They have engaged pseudo groups and media hirelings to attack Gov. Udom Emmanuel and the aspiration of Pst Umo Eno, but all have failed. They recruited spies and paid persons to make comments capable of inciting violence, and all their efforts ended in futility. Now, they are engaging Ephraim Inyang to spew lies and fabricate falsehood, that he was at the meeting where Bassey Albert was asked to be patient, that when the Governorship position rotates back to Uyo Senatorial District, he would be given the first right of refusal.

The question begging for answer is: Who was Ephraim Inyang prior to 2015? Who heard his name? He was not even in Akwa Ibom, not even a decorated custom officer in the real sense of it. Who would even invite him to such meeting. He should eternally be thankful to Gov. Udom Emmanuel who made him, and now he can boast of an address in the heart of Uyo.

Another insulting lie from Inyangeyen is that OBA was begged to step down. Can he produce the agreement reached on that day? Was it just a voiced agreement, and he consented to that? No former banker would just take an empty agreement, if such had ever happened, without desiring that a legal document be attached to it.

Again, how can someone who was not standing for election step down? OBA never bought declaration of interest form/nomination form. He only granted interview to social media writers, and that was all. He then erected few billboards in Uyo. That's all. Besides, the Governorship seat as at 2015 was not even zoned to Uyo Senatorial District, so how could he have stepped down?

Now that the seat is zoned to Uyo Senatorial District, why is he also wailing that no one else should contest? Is the seat his birthright?

To start with, is Pst Umo Eno not an Akwa Ibomite? Does he not have the right to contest election?
Beyond the constant narrative of being the preferred candidate, does he not have the requisite qualification to aspire for the office of Governor?

His track records, pedigrees and achievements in both private and public service attest to the fact that he is the most qualified.

Are the people of Akwa Ibom not clamouring for a Governor with the staggering credentials of Pst Umo Eno? Why then the hatred and attack of calumny and propaganda?

Pst. Umo Eno is an accomplished entrepreneur who has provided employment to over 2000 indigenes of Akwa Ibom state, a revered clergy and administrator. As a political science scholar, he understands the art and science of leadership. When it comes to board room politics, he is an expert. He has been the chairman of Hotels and Tourism Board and Executive Director of Agric. Investment, after years of sitting as the Governor of Royalty Hotels, before his resignation to serve as Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Akwa Ibom state.

Let it be re-echoed that Pst Umo Eno's aspiration and pedigree will continue to rob the enemies of Akwa Ibom of sound sleep and peace of mind. For the righteous, it shall be joy unspeakable.