Backs Uwem Udoma for Reps
Former Federal House of Representatives
member and Accord Party Senatorial candidate, Obong Emem Ekperikpe Ekpo has
explained that his encouragement to aspire for the 2015 Senate seat is due to
the motivation he received from the entire people of former Abak Division known
as “Abak- Five”.
Speaking in an interview recently, Obong
Ekperikpe Ekpo lamented that he dropped his 2011 Senate ambition because of
Governor Godswill Akpabio’s appeal for me to wait for “my turn in 2015, so that
Senator Alloy Etok should go for second term under Ikot Ekpene Senatorial
District”, pointing out that he left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because
of the failure to keep to promise.
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| Hon. Obongemem Ekperikpe Ekpo, Senatorial candidate for Accord Party, AKS |
“I am contesting for Senate under the
platform of Accord Party, a party which stands for agreement, justice and
equity. With my experience as a former member of the Federal House of
Representatives from 2007 to 2011, I will be a ranking Senator when I go to the
National Assembly this 2015. No matter how top a position you have, if you go
to the National Assembly for the first time, you will be regarded as a fresher
and not a ranking Senator. When you look at the credibility of the candidates
listed by Accord Party, you will see the possibility of the party sweeping at
the Polls in Akwa Ibom State. So I am so sure that Accord will win and shake
the state. After all, we are the people that made PDP tick,” he said.
“Certainly, I am favoured by the zoning
system, nobody from Abak Fed. Const. that has gone to the Senate; Chief Donald
Etiebet went from Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency in 1979 to 1983; Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien from Ikot
Ekpene/Obot Akara/Essien Udim was in Senate from 1999 to 2003; Senator Itak Ekarika from Ukanafun /Oruk Anam
Federal Constituency was in Senate from 2003 to 2007 and in 2007, Senator Alloy
Etok from Ikono/Ini Fed Con went to the Senate till date, making it eight years
and from this analysis, one can see that Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika Federal
Constituency has never produced a Senator,” Hon. Ekpo added.
“The Senate seat has previously been
rotated between the former Ikot Ekpene Division and Abak Division. The former
Ikot Ekpene Division now has Ikot Ekpene, Obot Akara, Essien Udim, Ikono and
Ini Local Government Areas while former Abak Division has Abak, Ika, Etim Ekpo,
Ukanafun and Oruk Anam Local Government Areas. Senator Alloy Etok from Ikono is
from Ikot Ekpene former Division, so transferring the Senate baton from Senator
Alloy Etuk to Gov Godswill Akpabio will mean that from Ikot Ekpene to Ikot
Ekpene Division and not to Abak Division, thereby depriving the Abak Sector a
chance of producing a Senator in an era we are preaching justice and equity. It
will mean that Abak people will have to wait for 16 good years before producing
a Senator, too bad. This is unacceptable by the people of Abak. That is why the
people of Abak advised me to leave my former political party, PDP and join
Accord Party to actualize our dream. We are happy that Accord Party stands for
justice and equity,” he added.
On why he is in support of Hon. Uwem Udoma
of APC to represent Abak, Etim Ekpo/Ika Federal Constituency at the Federal
House of Representatives 2015, Obong Ekperikpe Ekpo said: “My name is Obong
Emem and Emem stands for Peace. After I completed my four year term in the
Federal House of Representatives in 2011, some people came to me and put
pressure on me to return to the Federal House of Representatives, but I said no
since there was a policy and tradition of rotation in place and I had to
respect it and conceded it to Etim Ekpo LGA in 2011 and now Abak has the right
to produce Representative member and Uwem
Udoma, a member of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly appears to be the
best material for the position for now, he is a seasoned legislator and is
favoured by the zoning policy. That is why I am supporting Uwem Udoma,
regardless of Party back grounds. He who
goes to equity must go with clean hands.”
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