G22: Ripples as Ekere, Ekpotu, Esuene, Ntekim, others finally opt out of Akwa Ibom governorship race

“You can see that every member of G22 wanted to be governor. But right now, we have come to a position that we are saying it really does not matter who is governor any more amongst us. The only thing we are saying is that Akwa Ibom people must choose for themselves who they want as governor. Our position on the struggle, premised on the need to liberate Akwa Ibom State from the grip of tyranny and impunity, is that the contemptuous selection of Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel as the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is repugnant to due process and remains outright rejected by us now as always”.
That was the summation of what the Chairman of G22 and former deputy governor, Nsima Ekere, told an enthusiastic crowd of Akwa Ibom people on Saturday in Uyo as he and his colleagues finally jettisoned their 2015 governorship ambitions in Akwa Ibom State as a way of sacrifice for their yet-to-be-disclosed choice candidate in order to “rescue” Akwa Ibom State from what is now perceived in some quarters as a seemingly done deal of Governor Godswill Akpabio’s third term agenda using his preferred governorship candidate, Udom Emmanuel, as a mask.
Ekere and his twenty-two aggrieved colleagues drew the battle line with Governor Akpabio after the controversial December 8, 2014 governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that produced former secretary to government, Udom Emmanuel, as the party’s candidate the 2015 election; the result of which the G22 sees as a plot meticulously orchestrated by the Governor in favour of Udom. They have also termed the outcome of that election and other conducts of the governor as impunity that must be stopped at all cost.
Smoke literally belching from their nostrils, the G22 said they have had enough of a governor who thinks himself a god by planning to appoint the next 26 members of the state house of assembly, the three senators, state and local government executives, among others, in his self-seeking ambition to lord over the state in perpetuity.
With the theme, “On united Akwa Ibom we stand”, Obong Ekere and his colleagues told the gathering that it would be in the overall benefit of Akwa Ibom State that the people unite all democratic forces to ensure that Udom’s rejection is implemented next month during the governorship election in the state. Of significant mention too, was the presence of the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, Umana Okon Umana, and Senator Ita Enang whose speeches stirred up the crowd continuously till the end of the occasion.
Below are some of the comments gathered (some translated from vernacular) during the Saturday meet.
Obong Nsima Ekere

We want to thank Akwa Ibom State. Akwa Ibom State has been fantastic. You have shown that you detest autocracy. You have shown that you detest undemocratic practices. You have shown that you are democrats. That’s why we must thank you. Why are we struggling? Why are we together? You can see that every member of G22, all of us, wanted to be governor but right now we have come to a position that we are saying it really does not matters who is governor anymore amongst us. The only thing we are saying is that Akwa Ibom people must choose for themselves who they want as governor.
We are saying from now on, we must all say no to impunity. We are saying from now on, whoever has the privilege to become governor of Akwa Ibom state should govern Akwa Ibom State with the fear of God, respect for the rule of law and respect for all of you. G22 as a whole, and I’m sure the entire Akwa Ibom people are saying that we do not accept the undemocratic way somebody emerged as PDP flag bearer. And therefore, we will not recognize Udom Emmanuel as the PDP flag bearer in Akwa Ibom State.
We are saying that under no circumstance would we accept such impunity. In the last couple of weeks, there have been all kinds of lies. Let me assure Akwa Ibom people that the 22 members of G22 are intact and they are together. And they are united in the struggle to liberate Akwa Ibom State. They are united in their resolve that never again would we experience this kind of rubbish in Akwa Ibom State, that’s our position.
Dr Peter Esuh

We want to assure you that the G22 cannot be bought by money because what we stand for is the soul of Akwa Ibom State. We are not fighting for any individual progress right now. We are looking at the tomorrow of our individual progress and we know that if we allow this impunity to go on, we will lose the generation to come and what will the future generation say about us? Would they say that we were dull when one person was ruling this place as a dynasty of a family? Would they say that one person is trying to create a dynasty for fifty years? Would they say that one person has the right to share what belongs to the people of Akwa state? Would they say that we were there when one man brought somebody that we are told was identified by his wife to come and govern Akwa Ibom State?
That is why G22 has said no and I believe that is the position of Akwa Abasi Ibom people. We will not desert you, we will stand by you and we want you to stand by us because this is a fight to return this land that belongs to God back to God. We must say no to foreign gods. It is time for Jesus Christ to rule and Jesus Christ will choose whom he wants and when Jesus chooses the person that he wants, that person will sit on the throne of Akwa Abasi Ibom State. So we will stand together and win this war for Jesus. Thank you very much.
Senator Helen Esuene

I just want to say thank you very much to all the men and women and youths and children who have spent the whole day to come and receive us. We have been on a pilgrimage of forty days in Abuja and this pilgrimage was for the soul of Akwa Ibom state. We were there to make sure that what is right is upheld and right. G22 means God’s 22.
During these forty days, we’ve been bonded together as brothers and sister. We are saying that anybody who would be governor of this land will not operate with impunity. It has never happened in Nigeria before that 22 people left their homes even at Christmas, left their families to bond together for the sake of the people. It has never happened that people across party lines have come to receive their sons and daughters in a political gathering.
Assam Assam Assam, SAN

We have not started yet. There is nobody in this state that has the power to singlehandedly select the next governor, deputy, and himself as senator. There is nobody that can singlehandedly select the ten members of the federal house of representatives, twenty-six members of the state house of assembly and later the commissioners and minister, such a person cannot be in this state, it is not possible.
Barr. Effiong Abia

For forty days and forty nights, G22 left the shores of Akwa Ibom State. If you count between December 9 and today (Saturday January 17) it is exactly forty days and if you go to your Bible, forty days mean a lot. And at the end of forty days, sanctity has returned to Akwa Ibom State. Unity has returned to Akwa Ibom State and prosperity has returned to Akwa Ibom State. God bless you all.
Engr. Effiong Usin

Thank you very must for the support that you have given us these forty days, we actually appreciate it. And as we have said, we have devoted a lot of faith in the process of this struggle and we have stood firm. Thank you for also standing firm and at the end we will have victory. Udom will not be governor in this state.
Engr. Larry Esin

My brothers and sisters, on December 8 (2014), 22 of us, your brothers and one of your sisters, stood up and said no to tyranny. We stood up and said no to impunity. But that struggle belongs to all of you now. It has gone beyond us. For forty days we spent in the wilderness, the next forty days will test all of us to see whether the first forty days and the sufferings of all of us will go in vein. We must all stand together to say no to impunity. We must all stand together to say the time has come for democracy to be sustained in Akwa Ibom. All we are asking for is government of the people, by the people and for the people.
Umana Okon Umana

This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. Let me salute my fellow compatriots in the struggle to liberate Akwa Ibom State. Let me assure them that the people of Akwa Ibom are proud of them. We are solidly behind them. Akwa Ibom today has been divided into two camps, Akpabio and his family versus the entire people of Akwa Ibom State. So it’s not about political parties. It about Akwa Ibom that is why I am here to support them.
Ita Enang

This is G22 plus and Akwa Ibom people. This is the gathering of all Akwa Ibom versus Akpabio dynasty, his empire and his empress. Never in the history of this country have I seen a government and a governor where his secretary, attorney general, commissioners and all those who worked with him have all turned and say no to him. We have joined you today to say no to Akpabio. It is Akwa Ibom people who will produce their governor from any part they will like.
Seventeen members of the group returned to the state during the Saturday occasion. They include Nsima Ekere, Helen Esuene, Assam Assam, Chris Abasi Eyo, Ekpenyong Ntekim, Effiong Abia, Asuquo Asuquo Okpo, Anietie Johnny Ufot, Effiong Usin, Larry Esin, and Dr. Samuel Udonsak.
Others are Rt. Hon. Jerome Isangedihe Dr. Peter Esuh, David Okpon, Ita Udo, Engr. Ime Ekanem and Michael Sebastine.
Five members namely Rt. Hon Okpolupm Etteh, Chief Ime Albert, Engr. Patrick Ekpotu, Benjamin Okoko and Prof. Richard King however did not return with the team.
According to Nsima Ekere, Chief Ime Albert Akpan, Benjamin Okoko and Engineer Patrick Ekpotu saw the group to the airport but had to return back to town to in order attend to other pressing matters, while Rt. Hon. Etteh is said to be bereaved and had to travel to Ibadan to attend a meeting in preparation for the burial of his elder brother. Prof. Richard King is said to have a health challenge and so had to go for medical check

Record 346 inmates die, dozens of guards fired in Florida prisons

attribution: Prison Photos publicly available

Jerry Washington (left); Latandra Ellington (middle); Randall Jordan-Aparo (right). All died in prisons at the hands of guards in the most unjust ways imaginable.

The United States has a prison crisis of epic proportions. With just five percent of the world population, but 25 percent of the world's prisoners, the United States has, far and away, the highest incarceration rate, the largest number of prisoners, and the largest percentage of citizens with a criminal record of any country in the world. The highly respected Prison Policy Initiative breaks it down:

The U.S. incarcerates 716 people for every 100,000 residents, more than any other country. In fact, our rate of incarceration is more than five times higher than most of the countries in the world. Although our level of crime is comparable to those of other stable, internally secure, industrialized nations, the United States has an incarceration rate far higher than any other country. Nearly all of the countries with relatively high incarceration rates share the experience of recent large-scale internal conflict. But the United States, which has enjoyed a long history of political stability and hasn’t had a civil war in nearly a century and a half, tops the list.
If we compare the incarceration rates of individual U.S. states and territories with that of other nations, for example, we see that 36 states and the District of Columbia have incarceration rates higher than that of Cuba, which is the nation with the second highest incarceration rate in the world.

Now, what we are learning is that the United States is not just imprisoning people at an outrageous pace, but that men and women are dying in these prisons at all-time highs, often at the hands of guards, in the most awful and brutal ways imaginable. The state of Florida, it appears, is ground zero for the deaths of prisoners, and the crisis is so deeply corrupt and out of hand that it needs immediate national intervention. In 2014, Florida recorded at least 346 deaths inside of their prison system, an all-time high for the state in spite of the fact that its overall prison population has hovered around 100,000 people for the five previous years. Hundreds of these deaths from 2014 and from previous years are now under investigation by the DOJ because of the almost unimaginable role law enforcement officers are playing in them.
Below the fold I will highlight some of the most egregious stories.

Jerry Washington, pictured in the top left, filed a sexual harassment complaint against two officers in the Santa Rosa Correctional Institute. A few days later, after the officers learned of the complaint, they threatened to kill Jerry. Jerry filed another complaint with the prison about the death threats. Afraid for his safety, he wrote his sister a letter and included copies of both of the grievances he had filed. You can read the letter and copies of the complaints here. In the letter he tells her very clearly that if anything happens to him, she should know that it wasn't an accident.
Seven days later, Jerry Washington was killed in prison. According to the Miami Herald:

In letters to the family, two of Washington’s fellow inmates claimed that several corrections officers warned the inmate that they were going to “f--- him up,” when they returned to the prison for their weekend shift. “They were going to get him that weekend, which would have been on pick-a-nigga Friday,” one wrote Washington’s family, using a slang version of the n-word. “It’s a saying that the officers have ... that comes from slavery when the master goes to the slave quarters on Friday to pick a nigger to hang.”
In detail, the inmate, whose name is being withheld by the Miami Herald, claimed that one of the sergeants placed drugs in Washington’s food that day and an orderly served the 5-foot-8 inmate his poisoned meal that afternoon.
By dinnertime, Washington was seriously ill, inmates told DOC inspectors. He was found sprawled in his cell at 9:20 p.m. on Sept. 16, but he was still alive, and officers and other staff reported he was able to sit up and talk.

Jerry died a few hours later and the family has been given few details on what happened after 9:20 PM until he was pronounced dead at 6 AM the following day.

What isn’t redacted from the report is the bulk of statements provided to the DOC’s investigator by seven inmates — most of whom told the same story: that Washington feared for his life and that Sgt. Marcus Stokes, Officer Pugh and Officer Charles Asbel were conspiring to harm him because he had filed complaints against them. One inmate, Aaron Porter, went further — stating to inspectors that he overheard Stokes, Pugh and Asbel planning their revenge on Sept. 16.

Before we move on to the next case of the murder of Randall Jordan-Aparo, Jerry Washington and his fellow inmates in Santa Rosa mentioned in their letters to Jerry's family that they were being "gassed" by the guards. Jerry thought it might actually cause him to die.  Jerry and a fellow inmate both mention it here,

“I just want you to know how they are playing,” Washington wrote. “I got real, real, real bad blood pressure, and if they gas me and jump on me [and] I happen to have a stroke or a heart attack ... don’t ya’ll believe nothing they try to tell y’all.” He enclosed copies of the grievances he had sent to the inspector general’s office and told them to call several sexual violence groups, including one in Florida.
At the same time, the fellow inmate was also writing the Washington family about alleged prison abuses and said he had been sexually harassed like Washington. He claimed corrections officers were watching them and making sexual remarks to them in the showers, gassing them for no reason and refusing to feed them.

I had actually never heard of inmates being gassed before until the death of Randall Jordan-Aparo, pictured in the top right corner. He died, completely covered in the gas, his body a tinted orange, with stains of it on the wall of his cell as shown in the picture below.

According to the Miami Herald:

Randall Jordan-Aparo died weeping and gasping for breath on the concrete floor of his prison isolation cell, naked except for his white boxer shorts. Incensed that he had cursed at a nurse, guards at Franklin Correctional Institution in the Panhandle fired nine blasts of noxious gas into his 13-by-8 cell through a slot in the door and, ultimately, left him there, sobbing.
“I can’t breathe, I can’t take it no more, please help me,’’ he pleaded.
Five hours later, the 27-year-old was found lifeless, face-down on the bare slab. His mouth and nose were pressed to the bottom of the door, as if trying to gulp fresh air through the thin crack. His hair, legs, toes, torso and mouth were dusted with a faint orange residue, a byproduct of the gas. A paperback Bible was under his shoulder.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement sent two investigators, Michael Kennedy and Michael DeVaney, to look into what had occurred. Their conclusion, summarized in one paragraph: The “disciplinary actions” taken by guards had no bearing on the death.
“They just said he got sick,’’ Jordan-Aparo’s father, Thomas Aparo, recalled being told by corrections officials.

Hearing these claims, inspectors from the state began looking into the case right away. After reporting their findings, they began suffering retaliation themselves almost immediately.

They interviewed inmates, studied the use-of-force report, the video captured by surveillance cameras, audio of the incident and photographs of Jordan-Aparo’s body. Among their findings: •  A claim by prison staffers that Jordan-Aparo was being “disorderly” before his death was false.
•  Initial reports downplayed the fact that Jordan-Aparo was complaining about experiencing extreme pain and simply wanted medical attention, preferably in a hospital.
•  Contrary to claims that his cell had been decontaminated after the gassing, photos clearly showed residue everywhere — orange smears on the floor, in the sink and in the toilet bowl. There was a dense orange cloud above the bunk where Jordan-Aparo would have sat.
•  Although reports said Jordan-Aparo was issued a fresh set of clothing after the gassing, he was dressed only in dirty, orange-stained boxers.
•  Nobody assigned to investigate the matter administratively from the Department of Corrections watched the “use of force” video showing Jordan-Aparo being gassed.
Their conclusion: Jordan-Aparo died as a result of medical negligence and the “sadistic, retaliatory” use of chemical agents on a sick and helpless inmate who did nothing wrong. And that staff reports following the death contained inconsistencies, errors, omissions and outright lies.

Less than a year away from being released, Latandra Ellington wrote a disturbing letter to her aunt detailing that an officer in the prison was threatening to beat and murder her. Neal Colgrass from Newser details the short time frame between Latandra writing her aunt the letter, her aunt calling the prison, and Latandra being found beaten to death.

On Sept. 21, Latandra Ellington wrote her aunt about prison officer "Sgt. Q" who, she says, threatened to beat and murder her. Further, he would flip his badge around to obscure his name. Wrote Ellington, "Auntie, no one knows how to spell or say this man’s name. But he goes by Sgt. Q and he works the B Shift a.m." Her concerned aunt called the Lowell Correctional Institution on Sept. 30 and talked to an officer who said he would "look after" Ellington. The next day, the 36-year-old was dead. A private autopsy paid for by the family shows that Ellington—who had seven months left to serve—died of blunt-force trauma to her stomach consistent with kicking and punching, according to the family's lawyer.

While Reuters reports that 32 prison guards and officers were fired across the state this past September related to dozens of cases of abuse, corruption, and death, one should lose a lot more than their job for poisoning, gassing, or beating inmates to death. This is not enough. It's not even close to being enough. These officers should be indicted and convicted of murder and given the stiffest penalty allowed under law. They've not only abused their power, but they've abused it at the expense of citizens who are virtually defenseless in our country. It's unacceptable.

With the hope that it motivates you to push the cause of prison reform and justice for the officers who murdered these men and women, I'd like to tell you the story of Darren Rainey. Fifty years old, battling mental illness, and serving two years in the psychiatric ward of the Dade County prison for the victimless nonviolent offense of cocaine possession without the intent to distribute, Darren Rainey would soon experience a death so cruel and so violent and so unthinkably heinous that we would expect such a thing to happen only in a country governed by a so-called evil dictator. It's almost too ugly to type.
After allegedly defecating in his cell, Rainey was handcuffed and locked into a tight shower cell and blasted for nearly two hours with water that was over 180 scolding hot degrees in temperature. Begging for his life, screaming apologies and remorse so loud that other inmates could hear them, the officers kept the water so hot and forceful that the steam began to melt off Darren Rainey's skin. Video shows Rainey forced into the shower at 7:38 PM and he was pronounced dead at 9:30 PM.
Mark Joiner, a prisoner in Dade County, was called in to clean up the chunks of skin left behind. He detailed it for the Miami Herald:

Mark Joiner was roused from his cell earlier than usual on June 24, 2012. He was handed a bottle of Clorox and was told it was clean-up time.
Joiner was used to cleaning up cells in Dade Correctional Institution’s psychiatric ward, and many of them were frequently brimming with feces and urine, insect-infested food and other filth.
Joiner thought he pretty much had seen it all, from guards nearly starving prisoners to death, to taunting and beating them unconscious while handcuffed for sport. He recalls one inmate was paid a pack of cigarettes to attack one sick inmate whose only offense was to ask if their mail could be delivered before bedtime.
On the floor of a small shower stall he was ordered to clean, he saw a single blue canvas shoe and what he later realized was large chunks of human skin.
The skin belonged to Darren Rainey, a 50-year-old mentally-ill prisoner whom the guards had handcuffed and locked in the cell the night before. Witnesses and DOC reports indicate Rainey was left in the scalding hot water for hours, allegedly as punishment for defecating in his cell.

Rainey's official cause of death, in a clear case of a coverup, was listed a heart attack, but Mark Joiner and other officials, know otherwise.

Joiner remembered and said he also later made a written record of what he saw and heard the night Rainey died. He had a view of some of what happened and was ordered to clean up the shower the following morning. He said he placed all the skin he found in Rainey’s shoe.
“I heard them lock the shower door, and they were mocking him,” Joiner said, as the guards turned on their retrofitted shower full blast and steam began to fill the ward.
“He was crying, please stop, please stop,” Joiner said. And they just said “Enjoy your shower, and left.”
Joiner went to sleep, not knowing that it would be the last time he would see or hear Rainey alive. Witnesses would later say that after two hours, at temperatures of 180 degrees, Rainey collapsed, with his skin peeling from his body. Rainey, who was serving a two-year term for possession of drugs, was carried to the prison’s infirmary where a nurse later said his body temperature was so high it couldn’t be measured with a thermometer.

Mbong & Jeta Amata Spotted Together For The First Time Since Separation

The star-studded movie ‘Black November’ was premiered on ‘Jan 10, 2015’ in Los Angeles, and some of the celebrities that we spotted on the red carpet include: Jeta Amata, Mbong Amata, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Pascal Atuma, Chet Anaekwe, Razaaq Adoti, Jennifer Oguzie, and several other American Producers, and Directors. Would be nice if they can come back together.....

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List Of Senatorial Candidates For The 36 States And FCT And Their QUALIFICATIONS!

INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION
CANDIDATES FOR SENATORIAL ELECTION 2015.
S/N STATE STATE CONSTITUENCY & CODE NAME OF CANDIDATE SEX PARTY AGE QUALIFICATION


ABIA ABIA NORTH

1.CHIEF (DR.) DAVID OGBA BOUDEX M APGA 62 B.SC
2 SD/001/AB NNENNAYA N. LANCASTER-OKORO F APC 54 LLM
3 NWAKWU N.ORJI M LP 55 WAEC
4 HON. MAO A. OHUABUNWA M PDP 56 HND, PGD, MSC
5 DR. ORJI UZOR KALU M PPA 54 SSCE, A.M.P
6 ROBERT S. M. ONUOHA M UPP 64 WAEC

2 ABIA CENTRAL

1 HON. IHEANACHO OBIOMA J. U. M APC 54 BSC
EMMANUEL AMADI ATANDI NWEKE M APGA 55 MSC, LLB
2 DANIEL NNAUKWU M LP 51 WAEC
3 SD/002/AB THEODORE AHAMEFULE ORJI M PDP 64 HSC B.A (HONS)
4 ONYEKWERE CHRISTOPHER C. M PPA 43 BSC
5 CHUKS CHIZARAMOKU AKAMADU M UDP 38 LLB, BL
6 ENYINNAYA AGWU M UPP 49 WAEC

ABIA SOUTH

1 ABIA SOUTH NKWONTA CHRIS M APGA 54 MBA
2 SD/003/AB HON. CHINONYEREM MACEBUH M APC 58 MSC
3 EKEKE ZIBI CHINYERE THIAS M LP 35 WAEC
4 SEN. ENYINNAYA HARCOURT ABARIBE M PDP 59 B.SC, M.SC
5 OKWUONU CHUKWU-EMEKA CHINYERE. M PPA 60 MBBS
6 AKOMA OSONDU CHRISTOPHER M UDP 45 WAEC, PHD
7 UZU NWARIE M UPP 52 WAEC


ADAMAWA ADAMAWA NORTH

1 HON. BINTA MASI GARBA F APC 47 TECH. CERT
2 SD/004/AD RICHARD CHRISTOPHER KODERE M CPP 41 HND
3 MUHAMMADU MANZA M LP 62 B.TECH
4 BABANGIDA M. JIBRILLA M PDM 54 DIPLOMA
5 BALA JAMES NGGILARI M PDP 61 LLB, BL
6 AJA NWABUEZE ONYAABOR CHRIS M PPA 45 WASC
7 JOHN PAPIKA KAIGAMA M SDP 59 MBA, PGDM

ADAMAWA SOUTH

1. AHMADU ABUBAKAR (MOALLAHYIDI) M APC 57 MSC
2 SD/005/AD JONES J. BAKAMSO M CPP 52 DIPLOMA
3 ELON RAYMOND MAMUNO M KOWA 72 B.A
4 PHILOMINA SALEH F LP 53 NCE
5 BINOS DAUDA YAROE M PDM 59 B.SC
6 SEN. JONATHAN SILAS ZWINGINA M PDP 60 MSC, BSC
7 PAGIEL NAOMI GODSDELIGHT F PPN 38 NCE

ADAMAWA CENTRAL

1. FIDELIS GADDAMA M AD 25 B.A
2 SD/006/AD ABDUL AZIZ MURTALA NYAKO M APC 43 GCE
3 ADAMU HAYATU M CPP 37 SSCE
4 MOHAMMED JIBRIN MUNTAKA M ID 44 B.SC
5 USMAN MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR M KOWA 43 ADV. DIPLOMA
6 HAJIYA MARYAM SANI F LP 53 B.SC
7 HON. AISHATU DAHIRU AHMED F PDM 43 HND
8 DR. ALIYU IDI HONG M PDP 46 MBBS, MBA

AKWA IBOM AKWA IBOM NORTH-EAST

1 RT. HON. EMMANUEL BASSEY OBOT M APC 51 MSC
2 UBONG JOHN EDET F ACCORD 52 WASC, B.SC
3 SD/007/AK ANYAWU ANN OLOMA F NCP 36 MBA
4 MR. BASSEY ALBERT AKPAN M PDP 42 B.SC, MBA

AKWA IBOM NORTH WEST

1 AKANINYENE UDOARA F ACCORD 36 WASC, B.TECH.
2 SD/008/AK INIBEHE MATTHEW OKORI M APC 48 BSC
3 MAJ. GEN. GODWIN GEORGE UMO (RTD), OON M PDM 58 WAEC, DIPLOMA
4 CHIEF GODSWILL AKPABIO M PDP 52 LLB, BL

AKWA IBOM SOUTH

1UYA EDET OKON M ACCORD 55 MPA
2 SD/09/AK HON. (BARR.) BASSEY O. ETIENAM M APC 43 LLB, BL
3 MOUKWE CEELSTINE CHUKWUNWEIKE M CPP 37 SSCE
4 CHIEF NELSON EFFIONG M PDP 61 B.A, MBA

ANAMBRA ANAMBRA NORTH

1 MBAKWE ESTHER CHIBUZOR F ACCORD 42 WASC
2 SD/010/AN CHUKWU-DUBEM ANTHONY OBAZE M APGA 53 B.SC
3 NWOKORA UCHENNA F ADC 46 WASC
4 HON. RALPH U. OKEREKE M APC 54 OND, B.SC
5 MOUKWE CLELESTINE C. M CPP 37 WAEC
6 NDIFE FRANKLINE I. M ID – SSCE
7 MONEKE OKUKWEKA C. F KOWA 40 NCE
8 DUMAKA VICTOR DAVID OKOLO M LP 49 SSCE
9 TOCHUKWU JAMES IKWUEMEZI M NCP 36 BSC
10 EZINANDO ARTHUR NNAMDI M PDC 48 WASC
11 COURT ORDER JOHN OKECHUKWU EMEKA M PDP 52 M.BA
12 NWADIOGBU JOHN CHUKWUDOZIE M PPA 52 WASC
13 NWACHUKWU AUGUSTINE NNAMDI M UPP 42 SSCE

ANAMBRA CENTRAL

1 CHIEF (SIR) VICTOR UMEH CHUKWUNONYELUM UMEH, OFR, KSJ
M APGA 52 B.SC
2 SD/011/AN OYEH MERCY UCHE F ACCORD 45 NCE, B.ED
3 HON. OBY KATE OKAFOR F ACD 52 GCE
4 CHIEF ANAYO AUGUSTINE NWEKE M ADC 37 WAEC
5 SEN. (DR.) CHRIS N. NGIGE M APC 62 MBBS
6 CHRISTOPHER AKUDO C.U. CHUKWENDU M CPP 54 MBA
7 OKAFOR IKECHUKWU M ID – B.SC
8 CHIEF DENNIS N.F. OGUGUO M KOWA 50 WAEC
9 KINGSLEY CHUKWUMA NWOFOR M LP 48 LLB, BL
10 EKWEOZOH CHRISTOPHER NKEM M MPPP 37 LLB, BL
11 UBAKAMMA JERONE IKENNA M NCP 40 BSC
12 REV. CHARLES ONYEKACHI EKWUEME M PDC 41 WASC, DIP.
13 COURT ORDER OKONKWO ANNIE CLEMENT M PDP 54 ADV. DIPLOMA
14 IGWILO MICHAEL C M PPA 55 HND
15 IKECHUKWU FLINT OBIEKWE M UPP 60 MBA

ANAMBRA SOUTH

1 ENGR. ERNEST CHUKWUKA NDUKWE M APGA 66 BSC, D.SC
2 SD/012/AN JANE, ONYINYE AGBARAKWE F ACCORD 45 WAEC
3 CHUKWUEMEKA CHUKWUMA M ACD 39 LLB (HONS), BL
4 OTTI JOSEPH M AD 52 GCE
5 PRINCESS JEMIMA EZE-ILONDU F ADC 49 DIPLOMA
6 ETHEL OBIAKOR F APC 61 BSC
7 OFORDUM IFEANYI ANTHONY M CPP 35 DIPLOMA
8 OTTI CHRISTIAN IKECHUKWU M ID 43 UKNOWN
9 NWOSU BENSON CHUKWUMEZIE M LP 66 LLB, BL
10 SIR PETER OKALA M NCP 48 SSCE
11 EMEKA MARK GEORGE OSUNKWO M PDC 51 LLB, BL, M.SC
12 COURT ORDER UBAH CHUKWUNEDUM C. M PDP 57 WAEC
13 ODIGBO CHUKWUDI M PPA 49 WAEC
14 DR. IGWILO SYLVESTER CHUKWUELOKE M. M UPP 50 BSC

BAUCHI BAUCHI CENTRAL

1 ISAH HAMMA MISAU M APC 41 BSC
2 SD/014/BA INUWA ADAMU NASARA M MPPP 62 NCE
3 SEN. ABDUL AHMED NINGI M PDP 53 B.SC
4 ALH. ABDULKARIM M. DARAZO M UPN 47 DIPLOMA

BAUCHI SOUTH

1 BELLO MAIJAMA’A WAZIRI M AD 52 GCE
2 AMINU MOHAMMED M ADC 38 HND
3 ALIYU IDRIS BUNUNU M APA 56 OND
4 MALAM ALI WAKILI M APC 54 BA
5 MOHAMMAD YAHYA JAHUN M APGA 40 B.A
6 MAIJAMAA BELLO WAZIRI M LP 52 GCE
7 DR. MALAM ISA YUGUDA M PDP 52 B.SC, MBA
8 UMAR MUSA GWASKWARAM M UPN 47 DIPLOMA

BAUCHI NORTH

1 SULEIMAN MOHAMMED NAZIF M APC 44 B.ENG, MIAD
2 OKOLI GEORGINIA F MPPP 35 B.SC
3 HON. FAROUK MUSTAPHA M PDP 49 ND, PGDM MBA

BAYELSA BAYELSA EAST

1 TIMIPRE MARLIN SYLVA M APC 50 BA
2 JACKSON A. OPINION M LP 36 B.SC.
3 MR. MURRAY- BRUCE BEN M PDP 58 B.SC.
1 AGANABA PREYE STEVEN M APC 41 B.ENGR
2 BAYELSA CENTRAL BODISEOWE I T. ADON M LP 43 SSCE
3 SEN. EMANUEL PAULKER. IZIBEFIEN M PDP 59 B.SC

BAYELSA WEST

1 EDDI MIETUNDE SMITH JULIUS M APC 40 WASC
2 EPAMOWEI KAKANDA M LP 41 B.SC
3 HON. OGOLA FOSTER M PDP 60 TC II
4 PATIENCE O. PERETU F PPA 51 WASC

BENUE BENUE NORTH EAST

1 SEN. BARNABAS ANDYAR GEMADE M APC 66 B.TECH
2 SD/019/BN TONDO JOSEPH M APGA 45 MSC
3 IDYA FRANCIS K. IKULE IDYU M CPP 60 MPA
4 RT. HON. DR. GABRIEL SUSWAM M PDP 50 LLB, BL
5 MATTHEW ATOV ADUMBU M SDP 46 B.ENG

BENUE N/ WEST

1 MACIKPAH MNGUNENGEN ATA F APGA 39 SSCE
2 SD/020/BN SEN. AKUME GEORGE M APC 66 BSC, MILR
3 HON. MIKE ORNGUGA MKUM M PDP 63 DIP, BSC

BENUE SOUTH

1DANIEL DONALD ONJEH M APC 41 B.A
2 SD/021/BN SEN. DAVID A.B. MARK M PDP 66 B.ENG, NDA, CE

8 Men Of God, Different 2015 Revelations – What Do We Believe?

If by now, you have read at least two, three or more of the several prophecies for 2015 from the different Nigerian men of God, then you are probably as confused as we are. These men of God hear from the same God but they come up with slightly different visions for Nigeria this year Their prophecies revolved around the Nigerian economy, Ebola, the upcoming general election, Aso Rock intrigues, the entertainment industry, death, death and more death. Kick starting the trend is the highly respected General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God who revealed his at the cross over night. He revealed that the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease, which has killed over 7,000 people so far, will finally die, he however warned that God said the world should pray against “massive calamities, massive earthquakes and strong hurricanes and typhoons.” On the February elections, he said “Unfortunately, because it is election year, I can’t tell you all that God told me about Nigeria. But I will tell you this: “By the end of the year, many will say ‘all is well that ends well.'” Not quite agreeing with Adeboye, Prophet Iginla who is based in Abuja, says Ebola will return to Nigeria. He released his 2015 prophecy during a special service in his church at Kubwa, Abuja days ago. On the February Elections: No matter how powerful or well organized 2015 election is, it will be faulted. I am not a politician nor belong to any political party, I am just speaking God’s mind. The person sitting on the seat might not be perfect, but he will retain the seat. It’s not guess work. Howbeit, it will be a battle between the lion and the tiger…Shortly after the election, especially on the night of the election, there will be great vandalisation. I see cars being burnt, lives killed. GEJ’s health and death in Aso Rock: President Jonathan will win, but he has to pray about his health and so many political blows. I pray the two people that enter the Aso Villa will leave together. That’s why we should pray for the woman beside the president. The president and wife should pray that the first lady would finish the tenure together and not losing one before the end of their tenure. On fake pastors: Also, many men of God indulging in voodoo or occultism, mixing white with black will experience God’s judgement in 2015. Great judgement in the sense that they will be exposed and lots of things will happen that will be the end of such ministries. I saw a very popular man of God who is highly respected mourned. The reason is that his wife will be called to glory. It will be a great shock to him because he is highly respected. I am not permitted to mention his name. Plane crash: I see great politicians and ministers in one aircraft. Three prominent faces were among them, but the plane crashed. They should be careful of traveling in group, irrespective of where they are going…Specifically, Kogi State Governor should pray to survive 2015. I saw him struggling for breath. Entertainment Industry: A very popular musician, young artiste who sings secular songs should pray against death. He is like someone trying to sell his soul to the devil and it resulted to death. I am not permitted to mention his name. ASUU: I see ASUU strike and it will be long and will shake the system, but restored later. I see Russian economy under attack by a strange hand. They have to pray so that a strong country like that won’t be brought low prowling for survival. Death: I see a former president of Nigeria giving up the ghost this year. And people trooping down to his home state for burial. His candle light has burned out already and nothing we can do to it. The General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Dr D.K Olukoya, on the other hand spoke in parables. He described 2015 as a mysterious year, caution year and dribble year. “I will speak in parables. This year is going to be a mysterious, cautious and dribbling year, so, you will have to find the solutions instead of diagnosing the problems carried by the year.” Moving on, founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Oke-Afa, Lagos, Primate Elijah Ayodele Babatunde, had quite alot to say but he had a similar prophecy with Prophet Igina. General elections: This year’s election will throw up a lot of issues. President Goodluck Jonathan will do everything to win a second term, however, he needs 14 days prayer to have a peaceful reign to enable him complete a second term. Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega will be confused during the polls. There will be several gimmicks to cajole the INEC to rig the election. E-voting will not work. There will be ballot box snatching and stuffing during the election. GEJ’s health and death in Aso Rock: The President should also commit his health and that of his wife to prayer. Jonathan is in the midst of enemies who are after his life. Economy: The stock exchange will rise in the early part of the year. Effect of devaluation of naira will continue till around August. Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, despite her World Bank background, will not be able to make appreciable impact on the economy. Some banks will collapse and one of the dead banks will be resuscitated. Entertainers: Journalists and Nollywood stars need prayers against sudden death. National secretariat of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) will experience crisis. ASUU: Some universities will be shut because of cultism and some Vice Chancellors will be queried. Plane Crash: We need to pray to avoid plane crash in Lagos, Abuja and Kano airports. Presidential jets should be sanctified to avoid artificial disaster. Ebola: There will be fresh cases of Ebola in the year, let those in the health sector double their efforts. Death: We should pray against death of one of the outgoing governors, a first lady and communication guru. Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly, while speaking during the church’s crossover service solely prophesied on the Chibok girls. “The Chibok girls will be returned this year; some people will say ‘they are just using religion to deceive themselves. How will the girls be rescued?’ You will see. I didn’t say it, it is what God said and I believe it.” And then prophesied joy! “Whether you are from the East or from the West or from the North or the South, you will experience joy in 2015. Other nations will say ‘how did they do it.’ It will be indescribable joy. The nations of the earth will testify. I bring good tidings of joy to every part of the nation…” Acclaimed man of God, Apostle Johnson Suleiman had lots of bad news for the Nation. One of his prophecies was that 2015 election would be a replica of June 12. He said Jonathan should be prayerful as there are plans to kill him and going international, he said Queen Elizabeth will pass on this year. Queen Elizabeth: Britain needs prayers because of her Queen. GEJ’s health and Aso Rock: I see president Goodluck Jonathan coming back but troubles….Patience Jonathan needs serious prayers. General Elections: 2015 presidential election will be rigged, marred in violence and end up in court case.2015 election is another June 12. The man who truly won will not govern or rule. Men of God: A great Pentecostal man of God been called to glory. A popular Abuja pastor needs serious prayers. I saw mourning. Prophets who deceive people, collects their properties, charge money, will face great judgment this year. A great man of God whose first name begins with 3rd letter and Surname with 15th letter needs serious prayers. I saw serious crisis and crying. Please let’s pray for him. Economy: I saw the Naira falling greatly. It became N200 (two hundred naira) to 1$ (a dollar). Entertainment Industry: Three popular musicians will die; one of them is a young boy. Plane Crash: Pray against three major Air disasters between February and October. Oh by the way, he had a word for er, El Rufai. “El Rufai should go and sit down. For abusing Jesus, he will not win Kaduna election.” T.B Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) in Lagos, on his part, declared 2015 to be ‘the year of good morning’. “If you are expecting a New Year, you must be pure in heart,” he stressed, reminding the faithful of Jesus Christ’s words in Matthew 5:8. “If not, the troubled year of 2014 will continue in 2015,” he warned. “No matter what this coming year brings, if you are more of God, your trials are the soil in which your faith will flourish,” he enjoined the congregation. He stressed that the freedom the Bible speaks of in John 8:36 is spiritual not physical, insisting that a ‘free spirit,’ was needed for Christians to enjoy peace throughout 2015. “This liberation of your spirit is all you need to have the best year,” he stated. And then, Bishop Oyedepo of Winners chapel crowned it with his good news! The year 2015 will be a year with clear distinctions, he began. He maintained that giants would rise up in all sectors of human endeavour adding that there would be a sudden rise of giants in Zion. “In 2015, nobody will doubt those who serve God; It will be clear that we are only in the world, not of the world; in 2015, my God will wipe away all your tears; There shall be no occasion for mourning or weeping; Throughout 2015, you are not permitted to bury anyone in your life because there shall be no more death; in 2015, some things that cause you sorrow will be far from you and in 2015, you will not need any medication to be healthy. There shall be a rise of many giants – giants in all sectors of human endeavor; Men like nations will rise in the year 2015; Men that will command attention of many nations shall arise in 2015 and God has brought us into the realm of heaven on earth, where men will live like angels” It births the question...so who is truly hearing from God?

Akinwunmi Ambode Visits Balogun Market After Fire Incident

Lagos State Governor to be (Mr Akinwunmi Ambode) was at the scene of the fire incident of the Balogun Market area of Lagos to sympathize with the market men and women affected. He has plans to curtail fire incidents in Lagos which he shared with the traders.

Abia Traditional Rulers Sacks Monarch Who Bestowed Title On Buhari

The Abia State Traditional Rulers’ Council has asked the traditional ruler of Eziama Aba, Eze Isaac Ikonne of Aba North to step down as Chairman for installing the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) Gen. Mohammadu Buhari as Ogbuagu 1 of Aba kingdom.

The Council had few days ago disowned the action by Ikonne, saying he has no powers to do so.

Reacting to Ikonne’s action in a press briefing in Umuahia, the Chairman, Abia State Traditional Rulers’ Council, Eze Eberechi Dick, said “that Aba is made up of two Local Government Areas- Aba North and Aba South and over 400 communities as a zone, while Osusu where Ikonne is resident has a traditional ruler and therefore, Ikonne is incompetent to give somebody title on behalf of Aba”.

According to him, the Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers are happy with Governor Theodore Orji and President Goodluck Jonathan for their people-oriented governments.

He condemned Ikonne over the unwarranted attack on the Abia State government and the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

He hinted that the council was aware that Ikonne was influenced to do what he did and would investigate it and take appropriate actions.

In his remark, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Dr. ACB Agbazuere advised Eze Ikonne to desist from his consistent and incoherent attacks on the state government as it was subversive.

Stella Oduah, Kicked Out Of Anambra Senate Contest

Former aviation minister sacked in February 2014 for purchasing two BMW cars at a highly-inflated price has failed to make the list of People’s Democratic Party senatorial candidates, the list released on Tuesday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) shows.

Ms. Oduah, after failing to capture the Anambra North Senatorial seat, had used Pius Anyim, the Secretary to the Federal Government, to intimidate INEC to get her name into the list. That plan failed, as INEC released the name of John Okechuckwu Emeka as the court-ordered candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the seat.

Also removed from the list is Andy Uba, a former domestic aide to President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was replaced with his equally controversial younger brother, Chris Uba as the PDP candidate for Anambra South in the forthcoming general election. Chris Uba, it would be recalled, confessed to having rigged the 2003 gubernatorial election in the state, in favour of Chris Ngige.

Andy Uba and Ms. Oduah had been anointed by President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, to clinch the senatorial slots, but they both lost in last month’s state party primaries.

Since that defeat, Ms. Oduah has been conniving with lawyers, some judges and SGF Anyim to impose her name on INEC, in a political no-man’s-land where integrity has no meaning.

PDP GUBER Candidate Explodes: This Flag Does Not Belong To me

The Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Udom Emmanuel  has further engraved his name in the hearts of Akwa Ibom people by surrendering his victory to the people.

Mr Emmanuel said the flag he brought home was a sign of victory not only for him and the PDP but the entire Akwa Ibom State. He said he was stunned by the show of love and solidarity by the people who defied the biting cold of the harmmattan to congregate at the airport to receive him.

“This flag I am holding does not belong to me, it belongs to Akwa Ibom People, I am holding it in trust for you, anytime you see me you are free to ask for what I am doing with your mandate,” Udom enthused.

The PDP flag-bearer noted that the flag symbolized the unbreakable unity of the State despite all challenges, noting that the oneness of the state was captured by the fact that he came back with just one flag.

According to the Governorship hopeful his emergence as the standard bearer signaled an era of greatness of the State where the youths will continue to occupy the front-burner in the scheme of things in the state. According to him, the flag also stands for accountability, abundance of food and infrastructural development.

The State PDP Chairman, Obong Paul Ekpo while presenting the Guber hopeful to the jubilant crowd, noted that the flagbearer has come as a signpost of unity and hope for the people, and enjoined all to continue to support the party to deliver its candidates at all the elections.

He congratulated the national leadership of the party on the kickoff of its campaign in Lagos, and congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Godswill Akpabio for their goodwork that has made the PDP the party to beat at the federal and State levels.

The airport reception for Mr. Udom Emmanuel and his running mate, Obong Moses Ekpo was massively attended by party faithful including party elders, commissioners, legislators and other political office holders.

Thereafter, the train moved to Government House Uyo, where the flag was presented before Governor Godswill Akpabio and other political bigwigs in a colourful ceremony.

Lagos APC Gov Candidate, Akin Ambode Campaigns Inside BRT

Lagos State APC gubernatorial aspirant, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday day was in Ketu area of Lagos to intensify his campaign to become the next Governor of Lagos. He took a BRT Bus from Ketu Bus Stop to Fadeyi. He shared his plans for Lagos State with Lagosians.

Photos: Oprah, David Oyelowo & Carmen Ejogo storm Ellen DeGeneres' show #Selma

 

The 56-year-old star, Ellen DeGeneres had a friendly chat with the 60-year-old former talk show host, Oprah Winfrey as they discussed several topics and even played a game together.

Oprah and Ellen went to take a sweet selfie of their own as the wife of Portia de Rossi took to her Twitter to post the photo on Thursday night.

She shared it with her 37.4million followers with the caption: 'My neighbor, @Oprah's on the show tomorrow. Perhaps you’ve heard of her.'

The two ladies were also joined by Selma co-stars David Oyelowo and Carmen Ejogo as Oprah produced the upcoming flick.

The foursome seemingly had a blast as they played a few rounds of Ellen's mobile game Heads Up! while promoting the film.

Brian Banks free of Rape charge

The woman who falsely accused football star Brian Banks of raping her is being forced to pay big time.
A judge has ordered that the woman pay $2.6 million to Banks for ruining his life with false allegations. The lies caused him to lose numerous scholarship offers to college and also led to a prison sentence of over five years.
Wanetta Gibson told lies to authorities when she accused Banks of assaulting her when the two attended Long Beach Poly High, where Banks was both a student and football star.
After the conviction, the girl sued the school district and received $1.5 million. The conviction was overturned when Gibson was secretly recorded admitting that she made the whole thing up.
Years later, Gibson confessed and Banks was released. The woman is being forced to repay a $750,000 settlement to the school, plus attorneys fees, interest and another $1 million in punitive damages.

Why Akpabio wants Udom Emmanuel As Successor

The Akwa Ibom State Governor Chief Godswill Akpabio says his decision to support Udom Emmanuel as the next governor of the State is borne out of his desire to leave the sustenance of the legacies brought about by his government, in capable hands.

Speaking at the National Arts Theatre in Lagos on the occasion of a Town Hall meeting with the Akwa Ibom State Community (AKISCOM) Lagos, Governor Akpabio said the people of the state found competence and professionalism in Mr Udom Emmanuel, and decided that he should be the next governor of the state.
He said his meeting with the Akwa Ibom Community in Lagos was to interact with them as their Governor and to present his potential successor to them, describing Udom as the right person for the right job at the right time.
The Governor who used the occasion to present both the PDP Governorship candidates of Akwa Ibom and Lagos state, Udom Emmanuel and Jimi Agbaje said PDP is performing well in Nigeria and solicited the support of the Akwa Ibom Community in Lagos for the comprehensive victory of the party.
According to Governor Akpabio, his administration since his advent in 2007 declared war on decayed infrastructure and now has transformed Akwa Ibom into a destination of choice.
“We have built the infrastructure and now we are bringing someone who can manage the infrastructure to generate profit for the state,” Akpabio enthused.
The Governor who posited that, “an intelligent man can turn a desert into a Dubai while an non-intelligent man can turn Burkinam Palace into a desert”, maintained that it would be wrong to leave all the achievements in the hands of a politician who would rather think of the next election instead of thinking about the next generation.
Governor Akpabio who shocked the audience when he dismissed the notion that he was done with achievements, announced that the two new international hotels the Sheraton by Four Point Hotel in Ikot Ekpene and the Ibom Hilton Garden as well as the new International Specialist Hospital will be commissioned next month in the state.

Udom Emmanuel

Akpabio encouraged them to vote massively for President Goodluck Jonathan as the best President that Nigeria has ever had, in view of his reforms in roads and other infrastructure development adding that the security challenge affecting parts of the nation will soon be a thing of the past.

Udom in his speech said that his emergence was justified by the need for someone with the capacity, competence and ability to  consolidate on the gains of Governor Akpabio’s development at the right time.
He said he will anchor his administration on sustainable development that will ensure human capital development.”We will add Manpower Planning to the Bureau of Labour and Productivity. We are building at the next level, we will create leaders and we will follow our leaders to lead us right.”
According to him, “Governor Akpabio has created the desired change in our state and we need someone who will come and manage that change instead of someone who wishes to come and change the change.”
He urged the Akwa Ibom Community to ensure they have their voters’ card ahead of the next election and craved their support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election.

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio (M) presenting the Governorship candidates of the PDP in Lagos and Akwa Ibom Jimi Alagbe (R) and Udom Emmanuel (L)

Also speaking the PDP governorship candidate in Lagos Mr Jimi Agbaje said he could not afford the ignore the gathering of Akwa Ibom Community in Lagos, in view of the importance of non-indigenes to the development of Lagos state and solicited their  support for his election and re-election of President Jonathan in the February general elections.

Earlier, Indigenes of Akwa Ibom State resident in Lagos and its environs had thrown their weight behind the 2015 Governorship candidature of Mr Udom Emmanuel.
Declaring the position of the body, the President, Mr Elijah Ifot said the Akwa Ibom people resident in and around Lagos having assessed the pedigree and capacity of one of their own, Mr Udom Emmanuel, they are left with no option than to support him for the governorship. Ifot noted that the future of Akwa Ibom State must be left in the hands of an experienced, humble, honest and intelligent hand that can consolidate on the uncommon transformation of Akwa Ibom State.
The event chairman on the occasion Mr Udom Inoyo an Executive Director, Exxon Mobil used the occasion to dispel the notion that Udom Emmanuel had any biological relationship with Governor Akpabio. Cultural troupes, musical performances and song rendition climaxed the colourful occasion.