Etim Ekpo: Umo Eno, Enoidem, Umanah, set agenda for constituents
Thousands of PDP members from the 5 Clans, 10 Wards, and 111 Poling units of Etim Ekpo LGA on Wednesday converged at the Local Government Stadium, Utu Etim Ekpo for the 2023 PDP Governorship Campaign Rally.
The event which comes barely 10 days before the 2023 presidential and National Assembly election, had the PDP Governorship Campaign, Pastor Umo Eno, his running mate, Senator Akon Eyakenyi, the DG, Amb Assam Assam, SAN, and members of the Umo Eno/PDP Governorship Campaign Organization, the PDP Senatorial candidate for Akwa Ibom North West (Ikot Ekpene) Senatorial District, Barr Emmanuel Enoidem, the PDP candidate for Abak/ Etim Ekpo/Ika Federal Constituency, Hon. (Eld). Aniekan Umanah as well as the Etim Ekpo/Ika State Constituency candidate, Hon. Mfon Idung, pay homage to the Etim Ekpo Traditional Rulers Council during a Consultation Visit to the Paramount Ruler of Etim Ekpo, HRM, Akuku, (Prof). Amanam A. Udo, at his palace.
Addressing the people, PDP Candidate for Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District, Barr Emmanuel Enoidem noted that the only party in Akwa Ibom State that can win an election is the PDP. “We will not just win all elective positions come February 25 and March 11, 2023. We will win with a landslide. No matter what any desperate politician thinks or does, we are winning the Ikot Ekpene Senatorial election”, he declared.
The former PDP National Legal Adviser, NLA, urged Akwa Ibom people not to be carried away by the desperate antics of a few who out of desperation have resorted to criminality in the name of politics, vowing that the long arm of the law will catch up with them.
“Umo Eno is the only 2023 Governorship candidate standing on two legs. Others are standing on one leg. Some don’t even have a leg to stand on. Also, Atiku Abubakar is Nigeria’s next President. Nigeria cannot afford a sick President to govern a sick nation. Atiku is detribalized. He is a patriot, an experienced former Vice President who will help stabilize Nigeria”.
“Mike Enyong is not a candidate for election, he is a candidate for prison. Tell him he will go to jail for fraud and criminality. Pastor Umo Bassey Eno is the next Governor of Akwa Ibom State. Even if the rapture is to come, we will pray to God to wait until after May 29, 2023. Rapture can come from May 30th so that we can have a Pastor as Governor”, he stated.
Also speaking, the PDP State Chairman, Rt Hon (Eld). Aniekan Akpan, thanked the people for their support and solidarity with the PDP, assuring that the party will ensure the development and progress of the area are sustained.
“I thank Etim Ekpo people for keeping faith with the PDP. Etim Ekpo will never be like Esau. There shall be no Esau in Etim Ekpo come 2023. Make no mistake, Pastor Umo Eno is the next Governor of Akwa Ibom State. We are not presenting our candidate to you virtually. He is here in the flesh and blood. He is not a cinema governorship candidate. He will in collaboration with Barr Enoidem as our next Senator make us proud. Etim Ekpo is PDP. We have done it before, we will do it again”, he assured.
Also speaking, the PDP Governorship candidate, Pastor Umo Eno, thanked the Etim Ekpo people for their support, assuring that a vote for the PDP is a vote for peace, rural development, small and medium enterprise, and entrepreneurial development.
Pastor Umo Eno urged them to vote for Atiku Abubakar, Barr Emmanuel Enoidem, Hon. Aniekan Umanah, and Hon Mfon Idung as the next President, Senator, member House of Representatives, and Assembly respectively, assuring that with the collaboration of other PDP elected public office holders, he will ensure the needs of the people are fulfilled.
“Barr Enoidem is the man whose time has come. He is one of the great leaders we have in our party. These are the original Etim Ekpo sons and daughters who will vote for the PDP and vote for their son who will be the next Senator. This is not a borrowed crowd. We will stand with Barr Enoidem and build Etim Ekpo. We will establish a palm oil processing refinery so that our youths will have jobs and our women will benefit from the value chain derived from palm processing. Rural development will be our focus which is why we will focus on building rural roads and cottage hospitals in our Wards”, he stated.
He urged the people not to be distracted by the issue of who the PDP Governorship candidate is, stating that those who tried to circumvent the law will face the law. “How can you say you’ve won yet you’re on the run? This is not America. Nigeria prison is not the same as in America. The law will catch up with them”, he said.
On his part, the Deputy Governor, His Excellency, Mr. Moses Ekpo, MFR, called on the people to vote massively for the PDP, stating that the time has come to end 63 years of marginalization of Abak federal Constituency.
He noted that time and destiny have come together to ensure the emergence of Barr Emmanuel Enoidem as the next Senator for Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District come February 25, 2023, and urged the people to mobilize support for the PDP, assuring that the party will continue to attract dividends of democracy to the people.
