With the National Assembly Primaries and the State House of Assembly primaries coming in few weeks time, there are fears that the People's Democratic Party, PDP may lose Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency to the opposition party, unless urgent steps are taken to arrest the situation.
There is apprehension in the federal constituency particularly Ini following alleged plots by a former National Legal Adviser of the PDP, and a Senatorial hopeful for Ikot Ekpene Senatorial district, Barr. Emmanuel Enoidem &Co to impose Dr. Glory Edet on the people of Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency. The action of Enoidem who is the National Chairman of Maintain Peace Movement, MPM if not checked could spell doom for the party.
For example, Glory Edet with the backing of Enoidem have reportedly altered the authentic delegate list for the two local government areas ahead of the forthcoming primary election.
Enoidem &Co are favoring Dr. Glory Edet and forcing her on delegates against the will of the masses who have vowed to revolt should the PDP allow Enoidem and cohorts have their way by imposing Glory Edet on Ikono/Ini people. A source had hinted that there was an approved delegate list which seemed to have the backing of the Governor's wife and other pro-government stakeholders in the federal constituency, but sadly according to the source, a House of Representatives aspirant from Ini, Dr. Glory Edet with the backing of Barr. Enoidem have been accused of altering the list in favour of Glory Edet.
According to the source "As you can see, they (Enoidem and Glory) have produced a list different from the authentic delegate list and have refused to hold ward congresses especially in Ikono. For goodness sake, Glory Edet is not the only contestant for the Ikono/Ini House of Representatives seat neither are her puppets the only ones looking for State House of Assembly offices in Ikono and Ini, Enoidem and co should allow democratic tenets to prevail in the exercise, and not to favour a particular aspirant, especially aspirants that have been widely rejected by majority of the masses in both Ikono and Ini. We will not accept that as we do not want her and her cohorts".
Another source who is a delegate said if the matter is not addressed before the primary, "Enoidem and Glory Edet are to blame should PDP lose out in the federal constituency in the 2023 general elections. It is sad that the Governor is silent which means he approves of her behavior after seeing how she disrespected his wife and shamed the women of Ini at Ibom Hall recently"
According to him, we are seeing a different delegate list, and we won't allow such anomaly to stand as one woman cannot try to pocket a whole federal constituency. The Governor won't say he hasn't heard our pleas and we are shocked that he would prefer to protect Dr Glory Edet at the expense of the federal constituency".
Attached below are the doctored lists
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