Akwa Ibom polls: Ita Enang begs PDP, voters for APC 

Joe Effiong, Uyo

Following their woeful outing in the presidential and National Assembly elections, some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State have begun frantic efforts to woo the electorate to vote for the party’s candidates in Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections.

The APC chieftains have even appealed to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to be reasonable and allow their candidates win, so the state can be linked with the central government.

The party lost all the 10 House of Representatives seats and the three Senatorial seats as well as the presidential election in the state in the February 23 polls.

But, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters,  Senator Ita  Enang, said APC is the only political party that can rescue Akwa Ibom State from “political bondage.”

Enang told newsmen, in Uyo, yesterday, that the future of the state should be put into consideration first, so as to achieve success during the March 9 elections.

He appealed to Akwa Ibom citizens to vote in all APC candidates in the remaining two elections, to align with the government at the centre, stressing that the state cannot continue to be a minority state.  

“I urge APC members and all voters of Akwa Ibom State not to relent, but maintain, sustain and keep up the faith that they have in the party and in our gubernatorial candidate, Obong Nsima Ekere, his running mate and all the candidates of the party for the House of Assembly in the different state constituencies. 

“I want to say the road is actually and better pointed by the election of the president and vice president as the Federal Government is controlled by the APC, and that should strengthen them and all the voters in Akwa Ibom to keep the faith with APC and the destiny of the state.

“Our destiny and what we want is to make sure we get connected with the federal government, by electing APC candidates who will be working directly with the APC federal government. 

“It would have been different if the presidential election was conducted last; we could have said we didn’t know where the centre was going,” he said.