Nigeria must not trust Gov Udom - Chief Nkpubre

 Nigeria must not trust Gov Udom - Chief Nkpubre

*Says Udom's 2023 succession a conspiracy against AKS

Chief Nkpubre has called on Nigerians not to allow themselves to be deceived by Governor Udom Emmanuel as his 2023 succession plan is a scam that most be resisted.

The Elder Statesman who spoke to reporters on Friday said the issue of God revealing Udom's successor through iPad has revealed that the Umo Eno project is a scam and that Governor Udom cannot be trusted with power.

Chief Nkpubre said the issue of a successor to the office of Governor is such an important issue that should not be reduced to a joke by basing one's decision on a prophesy coming from a text message gotten on an ipad. 

He said Governor Udom has reduced the seriousness of governance to something that can be likened alongside a TV comedy from the Papa Ajasco series. He warned the PDP National Working Committee, NWC, and the State Chairman of the party, Rt Hon Elder Aniekan Akpan, not to allow themselves to be fooled by religious sentiments that has no relevance to the political reality on ground and called on Akwa Ibom people to go register and get their PVC so as to vote for a Governor of their choice who will be a product of the voters and not of an ipad prophesy.

Chief Nkpubre called on the PDP to be mindful of a possible revolt and ensure a level playing field is created for all candidates as any attempt to disenfranchise any aspirant may lead to the failure of the party.

"Nigerians and Akwa Ibom people must take their destiny in their own hands. We cannot trust Udom again. We cannot trust our future on a man who can no longer think logically but rely on an ipad prophesy to know who his successor will be. That is not the kind of joke Akwa Ibom needs in 2023", he said.

Nkpubre said that those who receive or claimed to have received prophecies from God on a mission, normally do not show panic nor desperation in their utterances and actions but only propagate the message, waiting in faith and patience for its actualization.

He said that does not seem to be the case with Umo Eno as his camp panic more than those without a prophecy. "With a thousand reactionary press releases that attack tissues than issues, they have this ridiculous habit of contesting ridiculously against any contrary opinions expressed by others. It leaves much to doubt when those who believe in a prophecy act like this way".

Nkpubre said he aligns with Hon Ekefre who recently addressed a crowd in Eket where he said ... “In 2023, Akwa Ibom people need a governor who will act like mother-hen that gathers or scatters food around for her chicks. We don’t want a vulture that only swoops on a target, picks all it could, and flies back to the topmost part of the tallest tree to devour it – all alone”.

He said for Ekefre to be sacked 48 hours later, only shows how desperate the Umo Eno Campaign Organization has become. Chief Nkpubre commended Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who said that he surely will have a successor; but he will not inflict pains upon himself with claims of any prophecy or involvement in the war of succession that apparently has given governors in other States sleepless nights.

Source: The Independent Newspaper