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By Kazeem Ibrahym
The people of Abak 5 have endorsed the governorship
aspiration of former Akwa Ibom Secretary to State Government, Umana Umana.
The people, under the auspices of Abak Division Assembly
(ADA), said they would resist every attempt by anybody to impose a governor on
them.
The Chairman of ADA, Okon Obot, who spoke during the visit of Umana in Abak, said the people would choose their governor.
The former SSG explained that it would be foolhardy for anyone to think that he can appoint a governorship aspirant for five million people of the state.
The Chairman of ADA, Okon Obot, who spoke during the visit of Umana in Abak, said the people would choose their governor.
Obot decried that Abak 5 has been marginalized by the
current government, saying their emancipation lies in their ability to bring in
a governor that will favour them.
His words: “We don’t want a governor that will come and
steal what belongs to Abak Division. We don’t want a governor that will destroy
the unity of the state. Seven years ago, there was unity in this state but
unfortunately, today the story is different. We want that governor who will
restore that unity.”The former SSG explained that it would be foolhardy for anyone to think that he can appoint a governorship aspirant for five million people of the state.
His words: “Nobody can claim the right that he owns Akwa
Ibom state. When one man is saying it is his right to produce the governor for
the five million people then the man is trying to play God because he who
becomes the governor should the decision of the people.”
Culled from The Nation
newspaper
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