I will deliver Nigeria to PDP in 2019 – Emmanuel Enoidem

...As Udo Ekpenyong says PDP hopes for total victory

By Joseph Atainyang

A former Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Barr Emmanuel Enoidem has vowed to deliver Nigeria into the hands of his party during the 2019 general elections.

Journalists who monitored the local government elections across the 31 local government areas in the State report that Enoidem was at his home town, Etim Ekpo, Ward 1, Unit 2 where the former commissioner who is contesting the office of the National Legal Adviser of the Party, expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the elections, which he described as peaceful, fair and credible.

He thanked the people of Etim Ekpo for conducting themselves peacefully, which according to him, had dismissed the earlier perceived violence in the area.

"The elections here is hitch free as it is not in our character to be violent. So, there was no violence against what the people had imagined. Akwa Ibom is PDP, although this election was the most tedious ever, given the behavior of the opposition.

"The Press is an essential element for democracy. I am sure you are all ready to support me. You all know what is awaiting our great party on the 9th of December. I am contesting for the office of the National Legal Adviser. I have full support of our people. We are very sure of victory. My core duty is to work hard to deliver Nigeria to PDP. I think I want to be on record. I will deliver Nigeria to PDP in 2019."

Also speaking, the Hon. Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Udo Ekpenyong said with the peaceful nature of the exercise and the massive turn out of his party men, PDP would gain total victory.

He made this known in a chat with journalists who were on elections duty at his polling unit where he went to cast his vote. The reason, according to him was that PDP embarked on an intensive campaign for the elections.

Similarly, the Senate Minority Leader, Chief (Dr.) Godswill Obot Akpabio who exercised his franchise in his Essien Udim home, commended AKISIEC for the smooth conduct of the exercise.

“We have been able to produce a very fair, free and rancourless local government election and people have come to vote. I've just voted. Others are voting, and it’s a normal practice of what we have been doing", he said.

Meanwhile, most wards and units in the State, witnessed either very late arrivals of election materials or outright non arrivals through out the whole period.

Examples of these included Ikot Ekpene LGA, where some political thugs were nabbed by security agents for an act of electoral violence.

Others included APC strong holds where election materials were completely non existent throughout the period.

Consequently, the All Progressives Congress, APC had issued a Press Release later on Saturday evening, rejecting any subsequent results which may be announced by AKISIEC and confirming the materialization of their suspicion which had caused them to raise alarm that the ruling PDP was planning massive rigging of the election.

The release reads thus in parts:

"Whereas, we had informed all our candidates to the election and our teeming members and supporters throughout the 31 Local Government Areas and 329 Wards to ensure full compliance with the provision of Section 27 (1) & (2) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) that any election result announced or declared without compliance with the procedures stipulated by the electoral act shall be vehemently rejected.

"To this end, the All Progressives Congress (APC) wishes to inform the general public that there was no election at all according to the provision of Electoral Act 2010 (as amended). Moreover, in their quest to rig and announce spurious results, all sensitive materials including results sheet were nowhere to be found.

"Today, the party wishes to inform the security agencies, government of Akwa Ibom State, Federal Government of Nigeria and the general public that we reject in its entirety any concocted result that AKISIEC may wish to announce to the general public as the final result of the purported Local Government Election."

However, findings revealed that arrangements are on by AKISIEC to announce the results of the election.

Is well, hope you keep to words if you win

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