The Governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State, Sen. John Akpan Udo-Edehe, has appealed to his supporters to put aside their grievances and support the party in the forthcoming 2019 general elections in the state.
Sen. Udo-Edehe, senator Udo-Edehe had earlier rejected the governorship primary won by Dr. Nsima Ekere, the managing director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
Sen. Udo-Edehe on Friday while addressing a large crowd of his supporters who gathered in his residence in Uyo said…
“We have decided to support all the candidates of APC from the president, the governor, to all the national and state house of assembly candidates in the state.
“They have agreed that when APC wins we will form part of the government at the national, state and the local level,”.
“The position I have taken is a bitter pill for me,” he said.
“But I have taken it with the hope it will help cure my back pain.”
“I don’t have any understanding with PDP. What PDP has been doing is going through the backdoor to offer some of you money to join them.
“Today, I forbid anyone of you from having anything to do with PDP,” Sen Udo-Edehe said.
He assured his supporters that APC would win all the elections in Akwa Ibom State and as such they should play active roles in ensuring a total victory for the party.
“When you leave here, no matter what happens, you must integrate yourselves in APC at your ward level.
“I have the signs, APC will win Akwa Ibom state. I can tell you PDP will not win this state in 2019.
“If you have been writing things on the Internet against Nsima, Please stop it.” he stated.
One minute silence was observed for supporters of Mr Udoedehe who lost their lives during the APC governorship primary in the state.
Minutes after sen Udoedehe finished addressing his supporters, the APC governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Dr. Nsima Ekere, drove in accompanied by Dr Godswill Akpabio, senator and former governor of the state; Don Etiebet, a former minister of petroleum and the chairman, APC caucus in the state; Sen. Ita Enang and an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Sen. Akpabio, while addressing the gathering disclosed that he and Sen. Udo-Edehe have sorted out the differences they had in the past to work together in the interest of the State.
Dr Nsima Ekere, on his part appealed to the crowd to put aside their grievances over the last governorship primaries, saying that with Sen. Udo-Edehe in the party, APC would emerge victorious at the 2019 elections in Akwa Ibom State.
Commenting on the reconciliation of the parties governorship aspirants, Mr Uwem Sunday James a staunch APC member in the state expressed excitement stating that “this has finally united all members of our great party APC, and will further enhance our take over of the entire Akwa Ibom state come 2019”
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