RE: ANNULMENT OF AKAN UDOFIA'S CANDIDACY: A TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE  A rebuttal of Obong Akan Udofia Campaign Council's mention of Engr. Larry Esin The attention of Engr. Larry Esin 2023 Campaign Organization has been drawn to a press release by Obong Akan Udofia Campaign Organization which was signed by the Director-General, Chief Don Etim. In the release, the Council made efforts to give what it believes to be an account of series of political incidents and processes leading to the now annulled Akwa Ibom APC Governorship Primaries Election. In paragraph 9 of the press release under reference, the Campaign Organization erroneously mentioned the name of our Principal and leading 2023 APC Governorship Aspirant for Akwa Ibom; Engr. Larry Esin as one of those who _"...were physically present at the venue of the Primaries and participated in the exercise which culminated in the declaration of Obong Akan Udofia as Governorship Candidate_ _of the APC in Akwa Ibom State having scor...

 Today, the Court has delivered Judgement in the case I instituted at the Federal High Court Uyo and has nullified and affirmed the position of INEC that "there was no nomination by APC in Akwa Ibom State because INEC did not monitor the primary". and of course we also contended that under the Electoral Act, the first defendant who was wrongly declared a candidate is not a member of the APC and can not contest election. So the Court has upheld our position in Law and has disqualified him (Akanimo Udofia) and has ordered another nomination within 14 (Fourteen) days to be conducted by the Party. I am the Governorship candidate of the APC incoming and I ask God for his absolute grace to go through the challenges ahead.

2023; Court Nullifies A’Ibom APC Gov Primary By Unini Chioma -November 14, 2022 WhatsAppTwitter A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has annulled the gubernatorial primary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) held in the State on May 26, 2022. In a suit number FHC/UY/144/2022, a former aide to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, had gone to court claiming the APC primary was characterised by several illegalities. Enang, in one of his claims, said that Akan Udofia was not a member of the APC in the State. But Udofia argued the APC had given him a waiver that qualified him to contest the primary. In a judgement on Monday, Justice Agatha Okeke cancelled the APC primary and ordered the party to conduct another primary within two weeks. Justice Okeke also dismissed the purported waiver granted Udofia and ordered the party to conduct another primary in a fortnight where authentic governorship flag bearer of APC in the State will emerge. The Judge also or...

 ‘ Updated October 22, 2022 Former Chief of Army Staff, Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, says Nigeria is being brought to ruin by heavily armed “useless” criminals. The former defence minister, who insisted on self-defence to drive out country’s common “enemy”, said Nigeria will be finished if this is not done. The octogenarian spoke on Saturday when he delivered a goodwill message in Wukari, Taraba State, where Governor Darius Ishaku presented staff of office to His Majesty Manu Ishaku Adda Ali, the 25th Aku Uka. He knocked the military for living in denial over Nigeria’s aggravating security challenges, saying the “evidence” of what he said four years ago is now obvious for all eyes to see. Danjuma had in March 2018 urged Nigerians to defend themselves against their killers but his call for self-defence attracted stark criticisms. Four years later, the former defence chief on Saturday said, “Our country is under siege by armed bandits, all over the country when some few years ago, I wa...

 Oil theft: Tompolo’s men arrest captain, 7 others, recover stolen crude oil October 13, 2022Joseph Atinayang …Reject N25m bribe from oil cabal to free ship Operatives of Tantita Security Services Limited, TSSL, owned by ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, have ambushed and arrested eight members of a suspected crude oil syndicate while they were pumping crude oil from a Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, pipeline in Delta State, into an improvised 87-metre long ocean-going vessel, MT Deino. At the time Tantita operatives and Nigerian security officials swooped on the captain of the vessel, Captain Temple Manasseh, from Bayelsa State and seven other suspects, they had pumped 605 cubic metres of crude oil into the vessel with 12 compartments from an illegal connection attached to a CNL crude pipeline, between Abiteye community and Escravos in Warri South Local Government Area. The vessel bore an International Maritime Organisation, IMO, number, 7210526, at the time ...

 Akwa Ibom map is incomplete – Prof. Peter Esuh.  October 13, 2022 Joseph Atinayang Advocates setting up of committee of experts to review current map State Surveyor General to address the issue shortly. The current map of Akwa Ibom State has been described as “incomplete” and “distorted.” A professor of Corporate and Marketing Communication and Applied Rhetoric, Peter Esuh, asserted this on the sideline of the opening of the Week of the Information Chapel of the Akwa Ibom State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Uyo. Esuh, who is also the Dean, Faculty of Communications and Media Studies, University of Uyo, Uyo, had stirred the curiosity of WatchmanPost, when, during his keynote address at the event, he remarked that the current map of the state was distorted. The professor, who was speaking on the theme of the Chapel’s Week, ‘Government Information Managers: Impact, Challenges and Prospects in the Completion Agenda’, as the keynote speaker on the occasion, advoca...

 He who the Cap fits, let him wear. By Victor Ekpo During the monthly general meeting of the APC in Udung Uko Ward 3 which took place at Eyo's compound in Eyosung village yesterday, the 4th of August 2022, the elders of the party with permission from the ward and chapter executives from the ward nominated the Udung Uko born ex army special force to be their political leader, stating that the award winning Oro activist posses the quality of being fit into that office.  The Vice Chairman of APC in Udung Uko Chapter who also hails from Ward 3, Comrade Samuel Iyohokwa commended Captain Effiong for his love for Oro issues in general, and the party in particular. He added that nomination of Captain Eyo as their political leader was a round peck in a round hole. Architect Rex Ubokulo, a retired civil servant and an elder of the party in the ward expressed his satisfaction and said the emergence of his younger brother is the best thing that can happen to their ward and adviced him to ...

 Vanguard News  A’Ibom 2023: Oron leaders task Ibibio, Annang on tripod principle ...say no governorship slot, no election in Oron June 26, 2021 By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo LEADERS of Oron ethnic nationality in Akwa Ibom state comprising Oron, Okobo, Udung Uko, Urueoffong/Oruko and Mbo local government areas have called on the Ibibio and the Annang ethnic nationalities to respect the tripod principle in the 2023 general election in the interest of fairness, justice, and equity. They spoke weekend during a world press conference to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the historic document of the people, “the Oro Bill of Rights’ jointly addressed by Oron National Forum(ONAF), Oron Women Action Group (OWAG) and the Oro Youth Movement (OYOM) at the Antofitel hotel, Oron LGA. Speaking, the national President of ONAF, Comrade Ita Ante stated that it would amount to injustice and marginalization if the Ibibio and Annang ethnic nationalities, which are the first and second legs of the tri...

 APC MULLS CONSENSUS OPTION FOR A'IBOM GUBER By Ubon Nkaiso  Stakeholders of the All Progressive Congress in Akwa Ibom state have begun to mount pressure on the party's national leadership to adopt the consensus option in choosing the governorship candidate of the party. This development,our reporter learnt is to diffuse the tension generated by the skewed primary election that produced   Obong Akanimo Udofia,last week. The election which has been roundly condemned on all sides has become a burden to the party in the state. Following this,a group of party elders have begun conciliatory moves to bring party faithful and leaders under one roof. "We must close ranks, come to together and speak in one voice to capture power in this state. You know that Obong Akanimo Udofia was not properly elected by party delegates. It was a kangaroo arrangement which has no place in this day and age.This is why we are talking to the leadership at the national to consider a candidate fr...

APC Shuns Akan Udofia's Gov. Bid By Femi Otolorin.  It has been revealed that Obong Akanimo Udofia's dream of governing Akwa Ibom State may be long in coming. Days after his controversial victory at the hastily contrived All Progressive Congress(APC) governorship primary in Uyo, party officials are hesitant to validate the nomination in Abuja, the Nigerian Capital.  A ranking party official who would not have his name in print told the reporter that the national body is prepared to distance itself from the Akwa Ibom Guber nomination in order to protect it's credibility. He said," As a party,we do not condone sharp and unethical practises that hamper the growth of democracy. What happened in Akwa Ibom was a mockery of internal party democracy". He disclosed that some members of the electoral panel were forced against their will to conduct and announce the" staged primary in the dead of the night". Udofia,a private entrepreneur with no history of political...

 Akan Udofia's Governorship Quest Hits Brick wall. By Udofia Anana It is not yet Uhuru for Obong Akanimo Udofia  whose APC governorship nomination was announced amidst widespread protests in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital city, recently. The announcement which came after a hurried midnight poll has been roundly rejected by party members and close party watchers. Obong Udofia,known to many as AK,was a governorship aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party, until  four days to the APC primaries in the state.  An APC stalwart who spoke to the reporter on the condition of anonymity in Uyo said Akan Udofia's  Governorship candidacy lacks credibility because he was not elected by party delegates. According to him," After waiting at the party Secretariat on Ekpo Obot street, Uyo for eight hours,we were told to go home, that the nomination had been postponed till the next day. It was therefore shocking to hear that Obong Akanimo Udofia was elected in the night after th...

  Former President Goodluck Jonathan visits President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, Alhaji Mamman Daura, in Abuja, 9news Nigeria learned. It was gathered that Jonathan seized the opportunity of the meeting to inform him of his presidential ambition and the need to adopt him as a consensus candidate. A Northern coalition had purchased the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nomination and expression of interest forms for the former President. The forms were purchased days after Jonathan had asked his supporters to “watch out,” when he was asked if he would contest. Extensive Investigations show that APC has finally settled for Goodluck Jonathan as the consensus Presidential Candidate. Informed sources told 9news Nigeria that the Cabal and Buhari have concluded on this arrangement and are set to seal this deal today, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. It was learnt that part of the arrangement was for the Jigawa governor to buy one form for Jonathan and one for himself, so as not ...

A'IBOM 2023 :TIME FOR POLITICS OF INCLUSION 25th May, 2022 By UdemeAbasi Udofa The opposition All Progressive Congress have been enmeshed by its own politics of control tussle between the former Secretary of the Interim National Executive Committee, Senator James Udoedehe and the former governor and immediate past Minister of Niger Delta,Senator Godswill Akpabio. However hope is rising by the day with the entrance of credible aspirants into the APC's 2023 governorship race. Senator Ita Enang,a former Presidential Adviser with matchless legislative experience, Obong Akan Udofia,an industry player and former PDP aspirant and Dr.Chris Ekong,a University Don and APC stalwart are top contenders. However, the dynamics were altered by last week's governorship declaration of Engr. Larry Esin.It is safe to conclude that no one saw that coming. Esin, a successful development expert has contested for the prime job three times previously. His aspiration,he said in his declaration spee...

 A'IBOM 2023: THE ENTERPRISE OF HOPE By UdemeAbasi Udofa The odds had been running even in the race for the Hilltop Mansion in Akwa Ibom State in the 2023 governorship elections. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is easily the most dominant party on ground having produced leadership at all levels in the state since 1999. Therefore,it usually holds that the party's primaries are the real elections before the general elections. Whoever is picked by the party becomes the governor -in -waiting as the elections approach. In 1999,Obong Victor Attah of the PDP beat his opposite number in the All People's Party to clinch the coveted crown. His second term was a mere walk over. The party repeated this feat in 2007 when it's candidate, Chief Godswill Akpabio beat John Akpan Udoedehe of the Action Congress of Nigeria to become the third executive governor of the emerging state. He easily trounced his opponents in his second term bid in 2011. The winning ways of the PDP also produ...

 ENGR LARRY ESIN  HELD ORO TO A STAND STILL TODAY, MONDAY 16TH MAY, 2022 The Governorship Hopeful for the All Progressive Congress(APC) in Akwa Ibom State, Engr Larry Esin was overwhelmed with tears of joy when about 15 buses loaded with his supporters made up of the two major political parties in the state and across the 3 major ethnic groups in Akwa Ibom State took him by surprise at the Victor Attah International Airport Uyo. Expectantly, immediately it was filtered into the ears of the passers by that Engr Larry Esin was in town, everyone rushed to see his face with a new released song in town "Larry Esin for all! All for Larry Esin!". His entourage to Oron to officially consult his people was made up of people who never heard about his coming, but decided to join up because Akwa Ibom people are tired of bad governance in the state and they need change. The Oro Global Entrepreneur moved directly from Uyo with his team to the palace of his Paramount Ruler in Uya Oro, where...