[size=15pt]Umana, PDP defectors destroying APC in Akwa Ibom, Udoedehe alleges[/size]

Former Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator John Akpan udoedehe, has accused Chief Umana Okon Umana, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Akwa Ibo State in the last election, of engaging in acts capable of destroying the party in the state.

The former minister, who was also the governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the 2011 general elections, further alleged that Umana in concert with defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are out to blackmail him out of APC for their selfish gains.

Reacting to his alleged plan to join the PDP, Akpanudoedehe said the report was the handiwork of his political opponents to paint him black in the eyes of the people and the leadership of the party.

He added that as a foundation member who toiled hard to popularise the progressive party in the state right from the ACN days in spite of threats to his life, he would not abandon the platform for those whom he described as “opportunists.”

Speaking through one of his aides, Barrister Francis Effanga, the former Senator said: “We are not supposed to join issues with Umana Okon Umana and his small group of PDP defectors who have turned our party (APC) into a money-making machine for themselves. These people have tried severally to present the Leader of APC in Akwa Ibom State, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, as a violent person simply because he stands for what he believes in.

“Senator Akpanudoedehe is the symbol of the struggle against the tyranical PDP government of Godswill Akpabio in which Umana Okon Umana was the engine room. Udoedehe midwifed the birth of APC right from the beginning. He has put in a lot to build the party and he has the right to jealousy guard it. Attempts therefore to blackmail him out of the party will not work.

Udoedehe alleged that report of his purported plan to join the PDP was part of the plan by Umana and his group to keep the APC in Akwa Ibom divided.

Noting that he has written several letters to the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun, “to draw his attention to the lack of inclusiveness applied by Umana and his co-PDP joiners and the irrational, one-sided suspension of members by the state chairman of the party ostensibly on Umana’s instructions,” Udoedehe further alleged that the APC candidate had allegedly boasted that no founding member of the party would be part of the change that founding members of the party fought for.


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Noted.

Apc never existed in akwa ibom, its only an association of rejected politicians in Akwa ibom

Obong Udoedehe.

Too much wahala in APC Akwaibom state. I listened to Sen. Akpan's interview on radio the other day. The hatred was tangible. The bile was offensive. I also listened to the counter interview with Ita Iwak (APC publicity secreatary) and it was horrible. I almost threw my phone away in anger. how could grown men be this petty and dangerous to each other? The venom they were spitting was poisonous. Abasi akan!

Apc shld stop wastn their time on ND, majority of d ND pple dnt beliv on dis change dat apc is talkn abt. Nd wit d wil d country is na dat ntn is wrkn is even makn dem angry wit apc d mre

deathmen12:
Apc shld stop wastn their time on ND majority of d ND dnt beliv on dis change dat apc is talkn abt. Nd wit d wil d country is na dat ntn is wrkn

leave the fools..

I am from akwa ibom, and I hate pdp, but apc is dumber here, if you want to change akwa ibom do it under pdp, going to apc is suicide ( for akwa ibom)

Moles everywhere.
Umana and his co-defectors from PDP are truly opportunists.

My sympathies with Udoedehe. I understand how it feels to have what you toiled for hijacked by opportunists...especially if they're those that you were earlier fighting against.

Broda u said it all, if you want to change akwa ibom do it under pdp, going to apc is suicide ( for akwa ibom)[/quote]

APC is divided in all front...

I'm sure that Udo faction will vote against Umana in the rerun election.

TonyeBarcanista:
APC is divided in all front...


I'm sure that Udo faction will vote against Umana in the rerun election.

Voting against is certain. You need to listen to those interviews to understand the level of hate they were operating from. It was horrible!

Gboliwe:


Voting against is certain. You need to listen to those interviews to understand the level of hate they were operating from. It was horrible!

Lol, it's funny how Udoedehe is crying at this time. Was he not part of the whole system until he fell out with Akpabio? Is it not same falling out with Akpabio that made Umana to quit PDP for APC? Both men are useless and enemies to Akwa Ibom state

Power haven't entered their hands and they are fighting.. They will kill themselves if they get hold of power.. It's the poor masses that will end up suffering..

the worst thing to happen to APC was to bring up a kidnapper and murderer as candidiate. people who did everything to destroy the opposition.

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TonyeBarcanista:
APC is divided in all front...


I'm sure that Udo faction will vote against Umana in the rerun election.

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APC leaders in akwaibom are people who shared in eating from the pot, and then when they felt they weren't getting enough jumped ship.

The devil we know is better than the angels we do not know.

TonyeBarcanista:

Lol, it's funny how Udoedehe is crying at this time. Was he not part of the whole system until he fell out with Akpabio? Is it not same falling out with Akpabio that made Umana to quit PDP for APC? Both men are useless and enemies to Akwa Ibom state

I agree with you but I respect Sen. Akpan anyway. That man was the face of opposition in the state now when it's time to reap his hardwork, one evil slowpoke will just come and hijack it. Not fair

Gboliwe:


I agree with you but I respect Sen. Akpan anyway. That man was the face of opposition in the state now when it's time to reap his hardwork, one evil slowpoke will just come and hijack it. Not fair

Akpan Udoedehe also hijacked the ACN structure from the former opposition leader in the state that contested against Akpabio in 2007. Na Karma things!

TonyeBarcanista:

Akpan Udoedehe also hijacked the ACN structure from the former opposition leader in the state that contested against Akpabio in 2007. Na Karma things!

They still found a way to settle. The animosity wasn't this much

TonyeBarcanista:

Lol, it's funny how Udoedehe is crying at this time. Was he not part of the whole system until he fell out with Akpabio? Is it not same falling out with Akpabio that made Umana to quit PDP for APC? Both men are useless and enemies to Akwa Ibom state

both of them are greedy people. akpabio dealt with them

Gboliwe:


They still found a way to settle. The animosity wasn't this much

he should find a way to settle with Umana

Umana umana must return our mandate,simple

AkpanUnanam:
Umana umana must return our mandate,simple

dont underrstand dis guy o, return mandate how?