The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, has defended his latest defection from the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), evaluating his political choice to a person chasing an elephant who refuses to be distracted by the barking of canine alongside the trail.
He said this in Uyo on Wednesday after coming back from France, the place he attended the United Nations Ocean Convention.
The governor said that his choice to affix the APC was pushed by the very best pursuits of the Akwa Ibom folks and geared toward strategically positioning the state for higher improvement.
He dismissed criticism of his defection, significantly from these he described as non-indigenes who, based on him, intrude in issues that don’t concern them.
“For individuals who suppose we don’t have a selection, I’ve exercised my proper. It’s inside our constitutional proper to freely affiliate,” he mentioned.
“Let’s stay centered as a result of if you end up pursuing an elephant, you don’t let a canine cease you on the street.”
Reaffirming his authority and duty because the sitting governor, Eno mentioned: “That is Akwa Ibom’s matter. I’m the one within the driver’s seat at the moment. I do know the street with out visitors jams, with out potholes. That’s why I’ve chosen to take Akwa Ibom on an expressway of improvement.”
He vowed to maintain guiding the state towards peace, unity, and progress, guided by his religion and a way of divine function.
Additionally talking, Obong Stephen Ntukekpo, the state chairman of the APC, praised Eno’s management, urging residents to look past criticisms and assist the governor’s efforts to draw extra federal advantages to Akwa Ibom.
“Governor Eno is the proper chief for this time. Fairly than have interaction in useless criticisms, let’s assist him to deliver extra dividends of democracy from the federal degree to our folks,” Ntukekpo mentioned
