Niger Delta Militants To Take Action Against Udom Emmanuel Over Prefered Successor

A group of militants in the Niger Delta have condemned Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom over the announcement of Umo Eno as his preferred successor.

Naija News had reported that the governor had in a stakeholders meeting unveiled Uno, Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, as his preferred successor.

According to the governor, his decision to pick Eno as his successor was because he wants the state to progress and the pace of developmental strides to continue.

However, the militant group named ‘Unyekisong Akwa Ibom’ has advised the governor to reverse his decision within one month or face the consequence of his disobedience.

In a statement on Wednesday titled: ‘Unyekisong Ibom reject Imposition of POS Governor”, the militants vowed to reject the imposition of any candidate on the state, adding that the people must be allowed to elect their next governor.

The statement reads in part: “The Coalition of all Freedom Fighters and pressure group in Akwa Ibom state have been meeting for the past few days to review the current political situation in state/endorsement of Pastor Umo Eno by Governor Udom Emmanuel as the next governor of Akwa Ibom.

“Unyekisong Akwa Ibom totally rejects and condemn the endorsement of Pastor Umo Eno as the next governor of Akwa Ibom state by Governor Udom Emmanuel and state strongly that this is unacceptable.

“The endorsement of Pastor Umo Eno is not only a threat to the PDP family but the entire state which will bring anarchy, insecurity and killings. The nomination of a particular candidate by the governor and leader of the party is totally unjust and unfair to other governorship aspirants in the state.

“After carefully studying the report submitted by credible sources, we have come to the conclusion that the endorsement of Pastor Umo Eno is not for the benefit of the state but would rather serve as a POS and commissioner to Mr. Udom Emmanuel after leaving office to siphon money.

“We, therefore, give the Governor one month ultimatum to withdraw his support for Pastor Umo Eno, go back to the drawing board and do proper consultations before making further statements concerning his successor, failure shall be disastrous as we will not fold our arms and watch his imposition unchallenged”.