Help stop Akpabio and Co from demeaning the Ibibio race – a message from Committee for Political Freedom & Responsibility (cpfr)

In case you missed the story on how Mr. Uwem Umanah, the younger brother to the Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Information, Mr. Aniekan Umanah called the former governor, Obong Victor Attah ‘senile’, please click here to read it.  For Governor Godswill Akpabio’s reference to Attah as ‘local champion’, you can read the story here.

2015 Gov’ Election: Etiebet canvasses open contest for PDP primaries in Akwa Ibom

Atuekong Don Etiebet

Atuekong Don Etiebet, member of the BOT of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called for an open primary for the selection of the party’s flag bearer for the 2015 gubernatorial election in Akwa Ibom State.

Delivering a lecture entitled “Democracy and the challenge of leadership” at the 55th birthday celebration of Umana Okon Umana, Akwa Ibom PDP leading governorship aspirant, Etiebet advised qualified and interested  politicians in the 2015 governorship race from all parts of the state to feel free and contest for the party’s ticket.

Godswill Akpabio’s lawyer, Nwoko accuses Oro of not supporting Annang governorship aspiration in 2007

Barr. Uwemedimo Nwoko

By Nse Peter

Agitation for zoning of the governorship position in Akwa Ibom State in the next election has received a major blow from a renowned constitutional lawyer and a member of Gov. Godswill Akpabio’s legal team, Barr Uwemedimo Nwoko who has accused the Oro ethnic group of not supporting the Annang governorship aspiration in 2007.