Umo Eno 2023: Uyo PDP delegates give governorship hopeful rousing welcome
It was a moment of strength and courage at Ibom Hall on Thursday, 3rd March, 2023 as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) statutory delegates from Uyo Senatorial District defied all odds, intimidations and blackmails to give Pastor Umo Eno a rousing welcome.
The event was a major breakthrough for Pastor Umo Eno’s gubernatorial aspiration.
Despite threat of violence and plot to use miscreants to distrupt the event, Uyo delegates came out en mass to the give the leading governorship aspirant a warm welcome and acceptance.
That rousing reception by PDP Statutory Delegates from Uyo Senatorial District silenced warmongers and people whose stock in trade is to cause disaffection among Uyo people, scuttle the will of God for Akwa Ibom and destabilize the peace in the state.
The development accorded the Pastor Umo Eno’s gubernatorial aspiration a major boost and milestone from PDP Statutory delegates who troop out in their number to give the Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources a resounding welcome.
The reception also speaks volume of the divinity and wide acceptability and endorsement of the PDP hopeful across different political strata in the state since his adoption as Governor Udom Emmanuel’s preferred candidate and endorsement by major political stakeholders of the state on January 31, 2022.
Speaking at the carnival-like gathering while presenting the governorship hopeful, the political leader of Uyo Senatorial District, Senator Effiong Bob said Uyo stands for the truth and peace and cannot be intimidated to do what is not right.
The Uyo Senatorial District political leader assured the aspirant that all the statutory delegates from the Senatorial District are unanimous in their decision to queue behind Pastor Umo Eno to enable him emerge the party’s standard bearer as well as stand by him to win the forthcoming governorship election in 2023.
Addressing the cheering crowd, the frontline PDP aspirant, Pastor Umo Eno demonstrated steadfastness, stressing that there is no going back is aspiration.
He further stated that he will not succumb to blackmail and intimidation by those he described as agent of darkness to drop his ambition.
“”It is forward ever and backward never in the race. 2023 is the turn of Uyo Senatorial District and I am an indigene of Uyo and I will stand election in 2023 as governor.
“”I am here to tell you that I am qualified to contest this election and nothing can stop me… blackmail and intimidation cannot stop me in this race,” Umo Eno declared.
He noted that his aspiration is in order as a bonafide Uyo Senatorial District indigene, adding that he is in the race to further peace and prosperity by consolidating on the foundation of the previous leaders of Akwa Ibom State.
“”Obong Victor Attah laid foundation for a prosperous Akwa Ibom as the father of modern Akwa Ibom and Chief Godswill Akpabio built on the foundation and Governor Udom Emmanuel continued with the foundation and even brought more development with Ibom Air and industrialization,” he noted.
While soliciting the support of Uyo Senatorial District statutory delegates, the governorship hopeful pledged his unalloyed loyal to the party when he emerges the governor of the state in 2023.
The seasoned entrepreneur charged the people to embrace peace and join hands with him to move Akwa Ibom forward as his mission is to further peace and prosperity and also ensure Akwa Ibom people have better life.
“You will have to decide between the dark days of killing, kidnapping and the era of peace and prosperity which is my mission. I am here to say that I’ll further peace and prosperity. It is in your hands to decide what you want,” Pastor Umo Eno posited.
In his remarks, the Director General of Umo Eno’s Campaign Organization, Chief Assam Assam said the consultation was necessary because of the critical role delegates play in party politics and assured them that the aspirant will continue to make them relevant in the politics of the state when he emerges as governor of the state.
The former Ambassador of Nigeria to Russia noted that Governor Udom Emmanuel has brought stability into the party and assured that Pastor Umo Eno will sustain the stability.
He congratulated Senator Effiong Bob on his installation as the leader of Uyo Senatorial District Politics and wished him a peaceful and successful tenure.
Speaking, the International Chairman of Maintain Peace Movement (MPM), Barr Emmanuel Enoidem noted that the 2023 governorship is the turn of Uyo Senatorial District to produce the next governor and called on the people of the zone to work in unity to ensure that a credible candidate emerges, charging them to support Pastor Umo Eno whom he described as man of peace.
It is worthy of note that since Pastor Umo Eno was presented to Akwa Ibom people his aspiration and ambition has been widely endorsement by key PDP bigwigs and stakeholders . The most recent of such is the endorsement and adoption of Pastor Umo Eno by Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District PDP statutory delegates, Ikot Ekpene SD youths, Ikot Ekpene elders forum, Ikot Ekpene women forum, Akwa Ibom Women Forum, Association of Local Goverent Chairmen of Nigeria (ALGON), College of Commissioners and many others too numerous to mention.
The reason for the widespread endorsement and acceptability is due to Pastor Umo Eno’s pedigree as a successful business man, entrepreneur and the highest employer of labour in the state.
