...HOW SENATE PRESIDENT FAILED TO SECURE OBA'S AUTOMATIC APC GUBER TICKET


The Senator representing Uyo Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Bassey Albert may have concluded plans to defect to the Young Progressives Party (YPP), as frustrations and brick walls rock his Governorship bid in the Peoples Democratic Party.

According to sources, Bassey Albert who now looks certainly convinced that he can't get the ticket of the People's Democratic Party, does not want to miss out on the elections and will consider his options.

It was gathered that in order to secure his back up plan for defection, he had sponsored the emergence of Nyeneime Andy, the General Overseer of Holy Ghost Ambassadors Church as the State Chairman of YPP.

OBA we learnt, recently had been allegedly mounting pressure on the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan to secure the All Progressives Congress ticket for Akwa Ibom State, but has made little or no success.

The crisis in the APC with factions emerging under Senator Godswill Akpabio and Senator Udo Edehe, means that APC may be too busy in court in the coming days, to file candidate for the elections

Meanwhile, Nyeneime Andy, and others, are planning a defection ceremony for OBA after the PDP primaries, our source stated.