TENSION IN AKWA IBOM AS PDP NWC ADMITS RECEIPT OF NUMEROUS PETITIONS AGAINST ADHOC DELEGATES ELECTION

Gov. Emmanuel runs to Abuja after a night long meeting with close confidants to lobby NWC of Party

The Peoples Democratic Party is said be worried with recent developments in Akwa Ibom concerning the just concluded adhoc delegates election in the State where most party stakeholders have since described as a sham and a scam.

A source at the Wadata Plaza said the NWC of the opposition party is in receipt of numerous petitions with claims that there was no election for the selection of adhoc delegates for the next election. 

Our source said, the case with Akwa Ibom State is peculiar, troubling and most disturbing as petitioners alleged that a serving Senator, serving National Assembly members and a former Senator who is a former National spokesperson of the Party and many others were all schemed out. He said, these developments and more worry the Party who holds the believe that should those aggrieved persons pull out of the Party with their supporters, the PDP in Akwa Ibom State will crumble and the Party may lose the State to the oppossition APC who is rampaging by the day.

It was learnt that the Iyorcha Ayu-led NWC of the Party is not leaving any stone unturned as they seek an end to the looming war within her ranks and file in the Party in AKWA Ibom State.

Another source in the PDP National Secretariat who spoke to our reporter said, a man who was identified as Senator Anietie Okon is in the forefront of the cancellation of the adhoc delegates election. With the overwhelming evidence of electoral malpractices, it is obvious the Party may pull the rug under the feet of the State leadership of the Party.

Meanwhile, as part of his efforts to ensure that the adhoc delegates election stands, Governor Udom Emmanuel has jetted out of the State to hold crucial talks with the leadership of the Party. The Governor, it was learnt, rose from a meeting late night of Tuesday with members of his inner caucus, including Emmanuel Enoidem and Uwemedimo Nwko, SAN, where the idea of meeting with the NWC Chairman of the Party  was agreed upon. The Governor, it was learnt, left the Seat of power in Barracks road about thirty minutes to 9:00am to board his private jet enroute Abuja.

Sources from the Akwa Ibom State Government House and the PDP fear the adhoc delegates election may be canceled as evidence of a proper election is unavailable.