The Governor of Akwa-Ibom state, Umo Eno who earlier confirmed his planned defection from the People Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclosed that he would in due course made his next line of action public.
Penpushing reports that Eno made this known at an event and vowed to retain control of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP_ structure in Akwa Ibom after defection to prevent those he described as thieves from hijacking it and using it to fight him.
The Governor it is recalled had publicly endorsed President Bola Tinubu and the Senate President Godswill Akpabio for another term in office, a move that can be considered as anti-party.
“As a Governor, I can tell you that if we have done projects in this state, it is because the federal government has released funds to state governors. We need to support him (President Tinubu) to continue. I don’t know how to mince words. They say you shouldn’t say like that; that is not politics. I am not a complete politician, so you’d forgive me’, he stated.
“If I’m praying to God for a second term, why would I not pray for the president to have a second term. Did the Bible not teach me to do unto others as you wish that others do unto you? I am being Biblical’, Eno said
‘The president, who takes bold decisions on what others couldn’t do. For me, that’s the president to watch. I believe we are beginning to see the dividends of democracy’, the governor stressed.
Penpushing further reports that he said his greatest milestone in his two years in office was the peace and unity Akwa Ibom state and urged critics not to criticise and destroy the state but to proffer solutions.
“We cannot continue to fight ourselves. Already, as a nation, believe it or not, Akwa Ibom is a minority when you put this country together, and then even within the minority, we strive to divide ourselves again. Then we become the minority of the minority, and then people use that to work against us. For me, I have made my stand very clear, and in the coming days, I will make a public declaration. We are consulting’, he said
Penpushing also reports that Eno, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor blamed the Nigerian Constitution for not allowing him to seek reelection as an independent candidate.
“If the constitution had allowed an independent candidacy, maybe I would have been an independent candidate, so that you know I don’t belong to (party) A and B. But we must use a platform, but if through that platform God brings you, you must govern Akwa Ibom and you must run the state as much as you can’, he said.
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