A Special Assistant on Project Monitoring to Governor Udom
Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Utibe Idem, has defected to the
All Progressives Congress (APC), bringing to five the number of
Emmanuel’s aides who have resigned and joined the APC in the last
few months.

The governor’s aide and other defectors were received into the
APC by the state chairman of the party, Mr. Ini Okopido, in Nsit
Ubium Local Government Area at a mega rally and reception in honour
of Mr. Umana Umana, who is the Managing Director of Oil and Gas
Free Zones Authority and the 2015 governorship candidate of the
APC.

Idem said he has no regrets leaving his job as aide to the
governor to join the APC.

“I am very bold to leave the former house. From today, I and my
family are members of APC. APC is the place to be,” he said.

Speaking, Umana said Akwa Ibom people have shown remarkable
interest in the APC as seen during the membership registration and
revalidation exercise.

He stressed that with such high level of interest in the APC, no
one was in doubt about the party’s victory in the 2019 general
election,

Umana assured his supporters that the victory which the party
was denied in 2015 will be restored in 2019.

“Interest in the party and the support which the party has
received in Nsit Ubium and the state during the registration and
revalidation of members is unprecedented.

“What you were denied in 2015, God will restore it to you. APC
will takeover Akwa Ibom in 2019,” he said

Umana thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing many
Akwa Ibom indigenes into his government, saying those appointments,
particularly the position of the Managing Director of the NDDC,
have impacted positively on the development of the state.

While applauding Buhari’s fight against corruption which, he
noted, has entrenched fiscal discipline, transparency and
integrity, Umana said the good gesture of the President will be
reciprocated in next year’s election.

Okopido, while receiving the decampees into the party, thanked
Umana for working hard to convince more people to join the
party.

He said the APC will give all members equal opportunities to
realise their dreams and contribute to the development of the party
and the state.

Okopido advised members who are seeking elective positions to
avoid personality clashes within the party, telling them to channel
their energies towards convincing the people who will vote for them
during the party primaries.

A Special Assistant on Project Monitoring to Governor Udom
Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Utibe Idem, has defected to the
All Progressives Congress (APC), bringing to five the number of
Emmanuel’s aides who have resigned and joined the APC in the last
few months.

The governor’s aide and other defectors were received into the
APC by the state chairman of the party, Mr. Ini Okopido, in Nsit
Ubium Local Government Area at a mega rally and reception in honour
of Mr. Umana Umana, who is the Managing Director of Oil and Gas
Free Zones Authority and the 2015 governorship candidate of the
APC.

Idem said he has no regrets leaving his job as aide to the
governor to join the APC.

“I am very bold to leave the former house. From today, I and my
family are members of APC. APC is the place to be,” he said.

Speaking, Umana said Akwa Ibom people have shown remarkable
interest in the APC as seen during the membership registration and
revalidation exercise.

He stressed that with such high level of interest in the APC, no
one was in doubt about the party’s victory in the 2019 general
election,

Umana assured his supporters that the victory which the party
was denied in 2015 will be restored in 2019.

“Interest in the party and the support which the party has
received in Nsit Ubium and the state during the registration and
revalidation of members is unprecedented.

“What you were denied in 2015, God will restore it to you. APC
will takeover Akwa Ibom in 2019,” he said

Umana thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing many
Akwa Ibom indigenes into his government, saying those appointments,
particularly the position of the Managing Director of the NDDC,
have impacted positively on the development of the state.

While applauding Buhari’s fight against corruption which, he
noted, has entrenched fiscal discipline, transparency and
integrity, Umana said the good gesture of the President will be
reciprocated in next year’s election.

Okopido, while receiving the decampees into the party, thanked
Umana for working hard to convince more people to join the
party.

He said the APC will give all members equal opportunities to
realise their dreams and contribute to the development of the party
and the state.

Okopido advised members who are seeking elective positions to
avoid personality clashes within the party, telling them to channel
their energies towards convincing the people who will vote for them
during the party primaries.