2015: ‘PDP May Lose Akwa Ibom’
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may lose Akwa Ibom State in the 2015 general elections if the ongoing governorship zoning crisis is not quickly nipped.
Although the leadership of the party had zoned it to Eket senatorial district, those who felt short-changed are kicking against the arrangement, accusing the party leadership of implementing the script written by Governor Godswill Akpabio.
Operating under the aegis of the PDP stakeholders/elders, the aggrieved said they will not accept the zoning arrangement as proposed.
Udoh, a member of the PDP stakeholders in the state who spoke with newsmen in Abuja, said the decision on zoning was unpopular in Akwa Ibom much as it was undemocratic.
According to them, the state governor did not carry members of the PDP along on the issue of zoning of the governorship slot in the state to Eket senatorial district.
The allegations against Akpabio are contained in a petition filed by 60 elders of the party before the national secretariat of the PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP Board of Trustees, saying the zoning should be stopped.
The stakeholders told the PDP national officials that the party runs the risk of experiencing a disastrous outing during the 2015 general elections if they fail to resolve the problem of factionalisation caused by the state governor in the party.
They alleged also that the state governor had been showing desperation to keep a stranglehold on PDP in the state, adding that Akpabio and his henchmen unilaterally relocated the PDP state secretariat to the private residence of one of his brothers, Barr Ibanga Akpabio from its original location at 149, Ikot Ekpene Road, Uyo.
On the other hand, the state party leadership is accusing Gulak of fueling the crisis for selfish reasons and is asking President Jonathan to call him to order as reported by our sister publication (LEADERSHIP) on Thursday. They accused Gulak of acting beyond his brief.
Meanwhile, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Don Etiebet has said the warning the Akwa Ibom State executive committee of the PDP issued against the president’s political adviser, Ahmed Gulak, amounted to a disrespect of the office of the President of Nigeria.
Etiebet said such action by the governor and his supporters was contemptuous of the person and office of the President, adding that the governor should have tabled the issue quietly before the President instead of through the pages of newspapers.
Although the leadership of the party had zoned it to Eket senatorial district, those who felt short-changed are kicking against the arrangement, accusing the party leadership of implementing the script written by Governor Godswill Akpabio.
Operating under the aegis of the PDP stakeholders/elders, the aggrieved said they will not accept the zoning arrangement as proposed.
Udoh, a member of the PDP stakeholders in the state who spoke with newsmen in Abuja, said the decision on zoning was unpopular in Akwa Ibom much as it was undemocratic.
According to them, the state governor did not carry members of the PDP along on the issue of zoning of the governorship slot in the state to Eket senatorial district.
The allegations against Akpabio are contained in a petition filed by 60 elders of the party before the national secretariat of the PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP Board of Trustees, saying the zoning should be stopped.
The stakeholders told the PDP national officials that the party runs the risk of experiencing a disastrous outing during the 2015 general elections if they fail to resolve the problem of factionalisation caused by the state governor in the party.
They alleged also that the state governor had been showing desperation to keep a stranglehold on PDP in the state, adding that Akpabio and his henchmen unilaterally relocated the PDP state secretariat to the private residence of one of his brothers, Barr Ibanga Akpabio from its original location at 149, Ikot Ekpene Road, Uyo.
On the other hand, the state party leadership is accusing Gulak of fueling the crisis for selfish reasons and is asking President Jonathan to call him to order as reported by our sister publication (LEADERSHIP) on Thursday. They accused Gulak of acting beyond his brief.
Meanwhile, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Don Etiebet has said the warning the Akwa Ibom State executive committee of the PDP issued against the president’s political adviser, Ahmed Gulak, amounted to a disrespect of the office of the President of Nigeria.
Etiebet said such action by the governor and his supporters was contemptuous of the person and office of the President, adding that the governor should have tabled the issue quietly before the President instead of through the pages of newspapers.
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