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More insights person emerged successful the seeming governmental rift that engulfed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) successful Akwa Ibom State, starring to the factionalisation of the erstwhile ruling enactment successful the state, LEADERSHIP learnt yesterday.
It was gathered that the supremacy conflict implicit who controls the governmental operation up of the important 2027 wide elections is pitting the incumbent politician Umo Eno of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) astatine the centre against his contiguous predecessor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, of the PDP – a erstwhile ruling enactment successful the state.
Elder Aniekan Akpan, had revealed that the National Working Committee of the PDP, was possibly infuriated implicit the State’s PDP leadership’s determination to person the curate of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, astatine the airdrome during his caller sojourn connected the invitation of politician Eno, to committee the recently completed Ika – Azumini road.
Consequently, the NWC ordered the dissolution of the State Working Committee (SWC), and named a 31 – subordinate interim Committee to steer the enactment successful the adjacent 3 months, a determination stoutly resisted by the authorities Exco, which Akpan argued, was duely elected to past for 4 years – to lapse successful 2028.
Apparently sensing the determination to forcefully hijack the enactment and instal the caller interim Committee, enactment sources disclosed to our Correspondent that connected the prompting orders of the erstwhile governor, information details attached to his residences successful Uyo, and his hometown, Awa Iman, successful Onna section authorities area, were demobilised to guarantee the installation of the caller interim Committee astatine the Atan Offot, Uyo, enactment secretariat.
However, to forestall what root described arsenic “surreptitious governmental coup”, the commissioner of constabulary (CP), Baba Azare, was said to person moved rapidly to antagonistic specified imposition and illegality which Elder Akpan, argued, was a wide law breach to truncate his tenure.
To extract the truth, the CP, according to information sources, had queried the motive of the officers drafted from the ex – governor’s residences to laic siege to the party’s bureau to which they confessed they were mandated by the erstwhile governor.
It was learnt the officers were thereafter withdrawn from Mr. Emmanuel’s residences for debriefing astatine the Force Headquarters, Abuja, connected the orders of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun.
“The melodramatic withdrawal of erstwhile politician Emmanuel’s Police Aides was not routine, nor was it a governmental witch-hunt, but nonstop fallout of a failed crippled to hijack the PDP machinery successful the State.
“The play we saw came from the erstwhile governor’s failed effort to hijack PDP operation successful Akwa Ibom state. On October 2, 2025, the Akwa Ibom CP received quality that equipped operatives had stormed the PDP secretariat astatine Atan Ofot.
“Their objective, arsenic gathered, was to sack the duly elected authorities president and the full Exco, and illegally instal a Care-taker Committee successful full usurpation of the party’s constitution and successful defiance of the nationalist secretary’s earlier declaration.
“Sensing imminent crisis, the commissioner rapidly moved successful with elder officers.The invading operatives were not acting nether lawful Police command. Instead, they were unit straight attached to Udom Emmanuel, elaborate from his Onna and Ewet Housing residences – to wreck havoc astatine the enactment secretariat and unit the incumbent Exco out.
“Under interrogation, the men admitted the truth, that they had been dispatched from the erstwhile governor’s quarters for this unlawful ngo and the CP’s effect was swift and uncompromising.
“In a uncommon move, helium ordered the contiguous callback of each officers attached to Udom Emmanuel backmost to the unit headquarters, pending the solution of the PDP’s factional crises.
“This is simply a wide message; the Nigerian Police volition not beryllium weaponised for selfish governmental battles,” a elder Police serviceman warned.
Also, a elder enactment authoritative explained that “the accusation is heavy,” averring that “by tying his information details to an effort to destabilise his ain party, the erstwhile politician present stands accused successful the tribunal of nationalist sentiment of orchestrating a backdoor coup against the PDP enactment successful Akwa Ibom.
“Though the erstwhile politician has chosen to support silence, the facts talk louder than words,” helium said.
“The October 2nd penetration of PDP was not an accident. It was a calculated determination that backfired, exposing a hopeless bid for power of the enactment operation successful the State, and leaving Udom’s loyal aides disgraced.
“For now, the Police person assured that Udom’s residences and properties stay safe. But 1 information is clear; politic...
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