Umana Umana Vows to crush Akpanudoedehe
in APC Primaries.
... Labels Former Senator A Tout. Ahead of his planned defection to the All
PProgressives Congress (APC), an Akwa Ibom
State gubernatorial aspirant, Mr Umana Okon
Umana has vowed to take total control of his
new party from the leader of the party in the
state, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, to actualize his governorship ambition. At a strategy meeting on Sunday night in his
palatial Ewet Housing mansion with some
political associates to perfect his defection, Mr
Umana is said to have informed them that
with his donation of five hundred million naira
(N500 million) to the Leader of his new party in Lagos, he has been assured the total control
of the structure of the party in the state. According to our source who was present at
the strategy meeting, Mr Umana is said to
have told his audience that he had offered
Senator Akpanudoedehe another five hundred
million naira (N500 million) to drop his political
ambition, but that the former Senator had insisted on a whopping one billion naira (N1
billion), a position Mr Umana described as
“greedy” and vowed to run him out of the
party.
The source who pleaded anonymity quoted Mr
Umana as saying; “We had many options but the most appealing was to defect to the APC.
This is because the party has promised to hand
over their propaganda machinery to me. A
South-South Governor on the platform of the
party has also promised to assist in some
logistics. “But the most formidable obstacle was how
to handle my brother Senator Akpanudoedehe
who has been the arrowhead of opposition in
the state. At a meeting with our Leader in
Lagos, I was asked to offer him N500 million
as settlement but surprisingly the former Senator demanded a whopping N1 billion. “Nevertheless, after my donation of N500
million to the Leader of the party, I have been
assured that I will crush him in the forth-
coming primaries and have a total control of
the structure of the party. As for the main
election the South-South Governors have promised to liaise with the Army and Police
for necessary action to enable us win”
Umana is quoted to have said. Confirming the development, Mr Iboro
Otongaran, Media Adviser to Mr Umana said it
was the intention of his boss to take charge in
his new party but denied the donation of N500
million to the Leader of the party. “First and foremost, election in Nigeria is a
capital intensive project. And running against
the candidate of a ruling party means you
must be financially capable. It is not just about
gathering a few thugs in Uyo and claiming you
are the Leader of the party in the state. With due respect, the man you are talking about
does not have the financial muscle to
successfully prosecute a gubernatorial
election, Udoedehe is a mere tout. “I am not sure of the amount you have
mentioned, but I know Mr Umana has made
some donations towards strengthening the
party across the nation to give the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) a run for her
money,” Mr Otongaran said. However supporters of Senator
Akpanudoedehe have vowed to resist the
hijack of the party structure by Mr Umana
through money politics. A Youth Leader,
Comrade Emem Frank said in the event that
Mr Umana “crushed” Senator Akpanudoedehe as promised, their camp
would be favourably disposed towards
working for the candidate of any other party
apart from the APC. He said that Umana should rather go for the
Uyo Senate seat in APC and join forces with
Udoedehe rather than fighting him.


Bassey Ubokudom
Etinan, Akwa Ibom State

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