There is unease in the camp of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Akwa Ibom State, as the statutory delegates comprising select ward and state officers shunned the state guv and publicly backed the former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Onofiok Luke, for governorship in 2023.

Governor Udom Emmanuel had just recently backed his Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Pst Umo Eno, as his preferred successor.

Udom’s choice received a great deal of reaction from various groups and celebration members.

The preferred follower, afterwards, has actually embarked on aggressive assessments where some stakeholders and persons were stated to have actually backed him and assured him of their support.

Conversely, over 250 statutory delegates in the celebration, who appeared to be unsettled by pastor Eno’s character and goals, endorsed and attempted the guv Luke, who is presently the chairman of the Committee on Judiciary in your home of Representatives.

Speaking on behalf of the delegates, Mr. Abraham Joshua Udoekong, stated they have actually seen in Luke, the capacity, character, love for individuals, ideas and enthusiasm to drive social and economic development of the state, as such they have decided to come forward and back him for the basic good of Akwa Ibom people.

According to him, “We are taking this bold step for the basic good of our state. We began mobilising ourselves for the Onofiok Luke’s governorship job in 2020; today, we have mobilised delegates to come here and endorse Onofiok Luke. We believe in him, we will elect him.”

Udoekong said they were not worried by current political happenings in the state, firmly insisting that their resolution to support Onofiok Luke at the celebration primary was outright.

Other members of the group who spoke at the meeting said it was time members of the PDP took their fate in their hands by voting their conscience and not individuals selected for them.

Resolving the group, the Director of Operations, Amazing Grace Campaign Organisation, Mr. Victor Brownson, thanked the delegates for coming out to openly endorse Luke.

He stated, “There was a time we were trying to find delegates; now delegates have seen the truth; they are now coming for Onofiok Luke.

“Onofiok Luke is one man who is connected with good works and I believe that is why you want him to be guv of Akwa Ibom State. We need a good man on the saddle of governorship and Onofiok Luke has demonstrated in words and actions that he is a good man.”