The International Coordinator to maintain the Movement of Peace (MPM), the platform that led to Umo Eno to the Hilltop mansion, Barr. Emmanuel Enobm, Ini Ememobong and 15 members of the Assembly Chamber in Akwa Ibom have resisted the movement towards the Congress of all progressives (APC), since the governor finally enhances defect today.
Our correspondent informs that the resistance is not disconnected from the fact that more than 60 percent of the members of the executive cabinet of Governor Umo Eno, the members of the Chamber of the Assembly, the presidents of the areas of the local government are loyal to the former governor of the State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, who is still a member of the Democratic Party of the People (PDP).
It is recalled that, at the last meeting of the State Executive Council, he held the penultimate week, the governor had urged all members of his cabinet and personal assistants to defect with him the APC or renounce his administration.
In reaction to this, Comrade Ini Ememobong, the Commissioner of Special Duties and Ibom Seport, had offered early Friday, presented their renunciation letters.
In his renunciation letter, Ini Ememobong declared: “I have presented my resignation to the governor in accordance with his directive that his appointed who are not willing to join him on the political trip to the APC should resign.
“While I cannot question or blame the governor's personal decision, I cannot join that stay. My decision is due to my belief in politics with the principles and my old opposition to that political platform, which is validated daily by numerous Nigerians in many sectors.
“This decision does not affect my relationship with the governor, who calls me his brother and deposed great confidence in me by loading me with two very important ministries (special information and tasks and Puerto de Ibom Deep Sea). I have and I will continue having a tremendous respect for the governor umo an, even out of exco.
“Let me transmit the very sincere appreciation of my family to their excellence, the pastor umo angry to name me in his cabinet.
Our very special appreciation is for Mr. Udom Emmanuel, the former immediate governor of the state of Akwa Ibom for his love and belief lasting in me, especially to appoint me for the Executive Council during his administration.
I understand that this decision may not please everyone, and for those who are disappointed, I humbly look for their understanding. ”The letter reads in parts.
Also talking about his reasons to refuse to join the governor, Enidem, who is also a former national legal advisor of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP), declared that his position was based on his political principles and values, not convenience.
According to him, political parties should serve as ideological homes, not simple platforms to obtain personal profits, saying that political consistency and discipline are essential to strengthen Nigeria's democracy.
“They are harassing many people, and the APC is using intimidation to press people to join before 2027. It would support Umo En, the governor who has a strong pact with the people of Akwa Ibom in key areas.”
He pointed out that Eno was one of the best governors in the country, saying that he would continue to support his administration even while he was in APC.
“It is one of the best governors we have had in the country, but I don't think everyone should give in to that intimidation.
“2027, I will support anger for our people, has done it well in key development areas, except that it changed and is not working, because all those who go APC fails. They say that failure is part of the gene in the APC.”
He hinted that after the drop -out of the governor, they would re -evaluate the party, so that it advances.
Speaking shortly after his desertion, Governor Engine declared that the reason for his action was the illuminated state interest based on the need to align the state of Akwa Ibom with the center to attract more federal presence.
“Why am I in the APC, can you ask? The answer is short and simple: illuminated state interest is based on the need to align our state with the center to attract more federal presence.
“That is truth and exercise, as well as the exercise of my fundamental association right, as expressed in the 1999 Constitution according to amended.
“Early this morning, I presented my formal resignation letter of the PDP to the president of my neighborhood, the same copy was sent to both the state president and the national president. Therefore, I have decided to progressively pass to the progressive congress (APC).
“Party in front of you today, I bold myself by categorically affirm that, although, according to today's event, I have changed my political affiliation of the Democratic Party of the Peoples (PDP) to the All-Progressives Congress (APC) my values, my moral fiber, the fundamental principles that I have fed and lived for not being changes and sacrosancies”, an angry, an anger, he declared.
However, it is not yet safe, how many stakeholders in the state would follow or resist the call of Governor Eno to join the APC, since the conviction follows its decision from all angles.
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