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| Mr. Udom Emmanuel |
By Effiong Ekong, Uyo
The declaration of interest by Mr. Udom Emmanuel, former
secretary to Akwa Ibom State Government, to run for the office of governor of
the state, took off to a weak start today at the Uyo township stadium. The
rally, which harped on the theme of “sustainable development,” was without most
of the major political actors in the state. Notable names at the rally that
were not serving appointees of the state government were about three, namely,
former milad, Idongesit Nkanga; former minister of housing and urban renewal,
Chief Ndueso Essien; and Senator Anietie Okon.
None of the founding members of the party in the state
showed up. Virtually all the party elders and stakeholders stayed away. It was
a somewhat forlorn gathering.
The wife of the state governor, Mrs Unoma Akpabio, who
sought all the limelight, repeatedly greeted the rally in Igbo. Her husband,
Governor Godswill Akpabio was conspicuously absent at the event, maybe in
deference to the ban on political endorsement of aspirants in the party by the
National Working Committee of the PDP.
Udom himself, not known for rhetorical eloquence, mouthed a
few platitudes about continuity and unity of the state. As usual, he suffered
many hiccups on name recognition.
The entire event passed as an anti-climax.
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