PDP, Ekpeyong Dare Akpabio To Resign For Essien Udim Rerun

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Akwa Ibom State has dared Senator Godswil Akpabio to resign his ministerial position to contest the rerun election declared by the Court of Appeal in Essein Udim Local Government Area of the state.

The party’s stance was further amplified by Senator Chris Ekpeyong who also dared Akpabio to resign his position for the contest.

The party in its reaction to the judgement said that it was an opportunity to put beyond reasonable doubts claims of Akpabio’s electoral invisibility.

The PDP State Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong in a statement on Saturday said:

“We welcome the judgement of the Court and hereby indicate our preparedness for elections, as this will provide an opportunity for us to widen the margin of victory against Rt. Hon. Emman Akpan, Senator Akpabio and the APC. We are expectant that the Senator will very soon tender his resignation from his ministerial office to meet us in the campaign field, as the law demands.

“Our party urges the general public to ignore the false stories being peddled by members of the opposition APC about the judgement- which specifically ordered a rerun in Essien Udim local government area alone. It is on record that the margin of victory currently outstanding is in tens of thousands of votes, which has not been affected by the judgement of the court.”

In his own reaction, Senator Ekpeyong said the ruling did not as much disturb him saying he remained the senator for the area.

He said: “I remain the representative of my people in the senate and nothing has changed.

“Look all through his petition, Akpabio never sought for cancellation of election in the reliefs he sought, he was urging to be declared the winner in lieu of a purported 61000 votes he claimed for himself. I feel it is not right for a relief he didn’t seek to be awarded to him. But since it is the final arbiter in national assembly matters, there is no way we can appeal the ruling.

“I am very prepared to defeat him again in Essien Udim, let’s go to the field, he has to resign first as a Minister(of Niger Delta) in line with the provisions of the constitution.”

“He brought war and federal might, but the people’s might and God’s mighty hand me victory. This is another opportunity for the gap of that victory to be expanded.”

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