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Political crisis is currently brewing in Akwa Ibom state following the re-awakening of some Ibom elders who were believed to have become dormant in the state's affair. Today, some chieftains of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Akwa Ibom State staged a protest against alleged moves by the state Governor, Godswill Akpabio, to further isolate founding fathers of the party.
According to PUNCH, the chieftains petitioned the PDP National Secretariat, accused the governor of trying to foist the current Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, on the party as its governorship candidate in the 2015 general elections.
The chieftains who included former Governor Victor Attah, Don Etiebet and Senator Udo Udoma among others submitted a petition at the PDP state secretariat. The petition was signed by 60 prominent indigenes of the state and copies were sent to President Goodluck Jonathan and the Chief Tony Anenih-led PDP board of trustees.
The elders also accused the governor of using family members and loyalists to run the party. They also faulted the withdrawal of Mr. Paul Ekpo from Akpabio's cabinet and making him the state party chairman. The petitioners described Ekpo as a mere figure head. They declared that the state PDP was being run by the governor’s brothers, Emem and Ibanga Akpabio, while others are Nsetip and Prince Akpabio.
They also accused the state governor of maintaining a stranglehold on the party, noting that the governor and his men relocated the secretariat of the PDP from its 149 Ikot Ekpene Road, Uyo address, to the residence of his younger brother, one Ibanga Akpabio.
Meanwhile, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, state Commissioner for Information and Communications, describing it as an old one and adding that Akwa Ibom state chapter of the PDP was intact.
According to PUNCH, the chieftains petitioned the PDP National Secretariat, accused the governor of trying to foist the current Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, on the party as its governorship candidate in the 2015 general elections.
The chieftains who included former Governor Victor Attah, Don Etiebet and Senator Udo Udoma among others submitted a petition at the PDP state secretariat. The petition was signed by 60 prominent indigenes of the state and copies were sent to President Goodluck Jonathan and the Chief Tony Anenih-led PDP board of trustees.
The elders also accused the governor of using family members and loyalists to run the party. They also faulted the withdrawal of Mr. Paul Ekpo from Akpabio's cabinet and making him the state party chairman. The petitioners described Ekpo as a mere figure head. They declared that the state PDP was being run by the governor’s brothers, Emem and Ibanga Akpabio, while others are Nsetip and Prince Akpabio.
They also accused the state governor of maintaining a stranglehold on the party, noting that the governor and his men relocated the secretariat of the PDP from its 149 Ikot Ekpene Road, Uyo address, to the residence of his younger brother, one Ibanga Akpabio.
Meanwhile, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, state Commissioner for Information and Communications, describing it as an old one and adding that Akwa Ibom state chapter of the PDP was intact.
