Ukpong, cousin to Godswill
Akpabio, says the people of Essien Udim local government area of the state have
totally rejected the All Progressives Congress (APC) senator.
Ukpong spoke when he alongside
some stakeholders from the local government marched to the state press centre
in Uyo to protest the electoral offences and irregularities “masterminded by
the senator and his cohorts.”
He accused the former governor of
Akwa Ibom of intimidating and assaulting officials of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC).
“Essien Udim people condemn in
strong terms the various electoral offenses and irregularities masterminded and
perpetrated by Senator Akpabio and his cohorts in which almost all the election
processes in the area were marred by unlawful militarisation, rigging and
assault on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) electoral
officers,” read a communiqué jointly signed by the stakeholders, including
Akpabio’s cousin.
“The atrocities include carting
away of electoral materials and kidnapping of INEC ad hoc workers, with
military help, to the home of Ibanga Akpabio.
“Senator Akpabio and his cohorts,
apart from assaulting INEC workers, also beat and machete some PDP faithful to
unconsciousness… we as a people have totally rejected him (Akpabio).”
The political leaders in
Akpabio’s area alleged that one Idorenyin Akpabio of SARS, in company of other
police men, shot at the people indiscriminately.
Speaking on the election, they
insisted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won in units where elections
held, and result sheets intact. They also said any other result is fake and did
not represent the people’s votes.
The political leaders rejected
the results released so far by the electoral body. They also condemned the
cancellation of results in nine wards in the council area.
They advised senator to stop
advertising “his declining and dwindling political status through interviews as
such will continue to deepen his failing image.”
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