APC reaffirms Umana as Akwa Ibom governorship candidate – The Nation newspaper

Mr. Umana Okon Umana, APC governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom State

The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it is satisfied with the outcome of the governorship primary that produced the former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Umana Okon Umana, as its candidate.
APC’s State Publicity Secretary Samuel Udobong spoke with our correspondent on phone in Uyo, the state capital.

Udobong, who was reacting to some reports that the Akwa Ibom APC did not hold a primary, said the reports were attempts by detractors to destroy the party’s progress and good image.

The APC chieftain urged the people and the party’s national leadership to ignore such reports.

According to him, the reports did not come from the state leadership of the party and the other governorship aspirants have accepted the outcome of the primary with a resolve to ensure its victory in next year’s elections.

Udobong said: “The party wishes to point out that those spreading the falsehood are not actually leaders of the APC, as they claimed in the reports. We have Godwin Akwawo Warri as the APC chapter’s Chairman in Eket and not Mkpombuk Tommy.

“The party has, therefore, warned those involved in the misconduct to stop forthwith as it will not take it kindly with any of its members working against its success and unity.

“Akwa Ibom APC is seen as a big, united family working towards a common interest. This is not the time for infighting. It is not the time to start working against each other. Rather, it is a time for us to stay together and ensure the change we have been clamouring for.

“Our collective effort to Akwa Ibom people from untold hardship and poverty must remain our major concern now that the election dates is just around the corner.

“As members of the APC, we must always remain focused and positive so that we do not fall prey to the plots by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which claims to be the predominant party in Akwa Ibom, to destabilise and sow the seed of discord in the APC to stop us from realising our goal to take over the Hilltop Mansion in 2015.”

Culled from The Nation