Showdown In Akwa Ibom As Senator Albert Dumps PDP

In a major development in Akwa Ibom, the senator representing Akwa Ibom North East senatorial district, Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, popularly known as OBA has resigned his membership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

OBA made the announcement in a statement on his social media handles. Though he did not indicate his next political destination, GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that he made be heading to the Young Progressives Party, YPP led by Senator Ifeanyi Ubah.

OBA gave as his reason for dumping the PDP the frustrations he met in his bid to win the party governorship ticket for Akwa Ibom.

In resigning, Senator Albert said:

“It is with the greatest sense of responsibility, purpose, and love for my people that I make bold this communication.

“I have been a loyal and committed member of the  Official Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Nigeria for over 20 years and have through the platform of the party serve our people, state, and nation diligently without any blemish, and I have by the grace of God contributed positively and impactfully to the growth and development of our dear country, state, and our people in general.

“I believe as a lawmaker and a distinctive one at that, I must at all times advocate and pursue virtues and values that promote and sustain the effective adherence to the rule of law.

“As you are aware, my aspiration to serve our dear state in the office of the Executive Governor is not personal or selfish but rather the collective ambition of our people, based on the principles of justice and equity, to achieve a better and prosperous Akwa Ibom State.

“In the words of Jean Anouilh and I quote: The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it’.

“Therefore, after an extensive consultation with my God, family, friends, supporters, and well-meaning believers in a just and equitable Akwa Ibom State across the world, it’s obvious that these collective yearnings and aspirations cannot be actualize under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

“Consequently, guided by the sentiments, concerns and worries of our people so expressed on the need to take immediate steps for the actualization of their aspirations. I am therefore compelled to resign my membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) forthwith.

I am convinced that this action will enable me to take the next positive step to meet the hopes and expectations of Akwa Ibom People.

“Thank you and may God bless Akwa Ibom State,” his resignation letter read.

GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that the decision by Senator Albert to resign from the PDP came after the Federal High Court in Abuja upheld the process that produced Pastor Umo Eno as the governorship candidate of the party.

Senator Albert it was gathered had delayed leaving the party in the expectation that he could get justice through an annulment of the PDP primaries.

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