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Nsima Vs Udom: What If You Were The Judge?


After their alleged bid to financially induce the Akwa Ibom INEC REC, Barr. Mike Igini failed, they resorted to hiring militants from Edo and other Niger Delta States. The militants, from leaked audio recordings, had agreed to unleash mayhem on the people with 'GPS' and 'walking sticks'. They strategized on using fourteen brand new (14) Hilux trucks with 14 'sailors' that know the nooks and crannies of Akwa Ibom State and accepted to perpetuate electoral violence wearing army uniforms. Interestingly, they had wanted to do all these as investors in the candidacy of Obong Nsima Ekere, the APC Gubernatorial candidate.

While all their efforts to wreck mayhem on the election failed, Nsima knowing his fate, mobilized some professional and local wailers to incessantly heat up the social media spaces and print media with concocted reasons why the March 9th gubernatorial election results as announced by INEC should be rejected by the Governorship election Tribunal sitting in Uyo.

For the wailers to justify their pay, they've stated their reasons why the governorship Tribunal sitting in Uyo should cancel the results presented before them by INEC. The primary reason is that the results presented by INEC are doctored results, maintaining that their party, APC won the election in 26 Local Government Areas of the State.

But having a glance through their governorship Candidate's petition, I discovered that the APC supporters are contradicting Nsima's petition. They're confusing themselves with their counterproductive suppositions.

Nsima Ekere on his petition stated emphatically that election held in only two Local Government Areas ( Etim Ekpo and Essien Udim) therefore, the results presented for the remaining 29 Local Government Areas should be cancelled by the Court. This is the main premise of his case.

In paragraph 23 of his petition, it's clearly stated that election held across the 31 Local Government Areas, but was characterized by destruction of electoral materials, violence, kidnapping of voters, harassment and thuggery. Till today, we're yet to see a case filed against any member of PDP, but there are series of cases filed against them by so many individuals and organizations sequel to election violence and mayhem unleashed on people during same election.

In paragraph 24 of same petition, Nsima Ekere maintained that he had won the election in Ikot Abasi, Etim Ekpo, Essien Udim, Nsit Ubium, Abak, Esit Eket, OrueOffong Oruko, Itu, Ikot Ekpene, Obot Akara, Uyo and other eight Local Government Areas. How possible is it for Mr. Ekere to have won election in the same Local Government Areas he had claimed no election took place because of high rate of thuggery and abduction of Corps Members and officials of INEC?

Again, Nsima Ekere in his petition had lampooned men of the Nigerian Police Force for supervising election malpractices in favour of PDP, and also conniving with INEC and PDP to cart away electoral materials. But how would this allegation be possible when every police men in the State were receiving orders directly from AIG Musa Kimo and CP Kaoje? It's on record that February and March general elections in Akwa Ibom State had exposed the above mentioned two Police Officers to be extremely partisan.

Nsima Ekere while giving his testimony in court weeks ago maintained there was no election across the Local Government Areas of the State. These contradicting statements by Nsima and his supporters has literally put us in a dumfounding state. As a matter of fact, Nsima's petition lacks coherency. At this juncture, one would be forced to ask if Nsima is purposely telling lies in Court inorder to help wipe away his shame, or he's just confused?

While Nsima and his witnesses have unanimously conflicted themselves with their preposterousness and counterproductive suppositions, the Respondents ( Gov. Udom Emmanuel, PDP and INEC) and their witnesses have sucked out more life from Nsima's petition with their testimonies. All of them have testified in oneness that the March gubernatorial election was generally free, fair, credible and peaceful.

What may be considered as the final blow to Nsima Ekere and APC was when a Chieftain and a member of their party's stakeholders caucus in the State, Obong Enefiok Ekefre appeared in the Court to state the reasons why his party lost out woefully in the election. Mr. Ekere dismissed his Party's initial allegations, maintaining there was no cancellation of votes in any of the polling units in his Local Government Area, Uyo, neither was there any case of electoral violence and hijack of materials. This testimony is an affirmation of the truth and reality that Gov. Udom Emmanuel won his opponent, Nsima Ekere flawlessly at the March 2019 Governorship election.

With these testimonies and facts, what would have been your verdict if you were the Judge?

Umani Uwemedimo writes this piece from Abak, Akwa Ibom State.

Op! why cry fawl? are you telling us to do what for you? are you now the judge ? or you trying to get public sympathy?

Wait for the final verdict

Oh! I pity you

ubongokon:
Op! why cry fawl? are you telling us to do what for you? are you now the judge ? or you trying to get public sympathy?

Wait for the final verdict

Nsima asslicker

otuekong1:
Nsima asslicker

Ebod ubom

same way pdp won borno i think ?
if you see the pdp structures around uyo alone, you will shout at apc not to talk of the whole akwaibom state
almost all structures have gov udom image almost all the bus drivers has pdp flag
apc is not present in akwaibom infact it is dead
if u visit uyo u will not believe apc is nigeria rulling party

ubongokon:
Ebod ubom

You lack manners