x

May 29: Inauguration of Eno as Gov-Elect Sacrosanct – Rev Peters

By Ogenyi Ogenyi,Uyo

The Special Assistant to Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Media, Rev Richard Peters has said that the inauguration of the governor elect, Pastor Umo Eno on May 29 is non negotiable.

Peters made the assertion in an interview on Saturday following the speculation and reports that Eno would not be sworn in due to alleged “certificate forgery”case instituted by the governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party, Senator. Bassey Akpan.

Akpan had told the tribunal that Eno was not at the time of the election qualified to contest because he presented a forged WAEC June 1981 certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during his nomination by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a case which has been ruled by the supreme court in favor of the Governor-Elect

Peters, while describing the narrative as a propaganda wondered why the YPP candidate could not focus on reclaiming his alleged stolen mandate than delve into a matter that has since been addressed by the Supreme Court.

According to him, “there are rumours on social media by those who failed the election that Umo Eno will not be sworn in. This is just the figment of imagination of these oppositions. Umo Eno won the election convincingly and there is nothing anybody can do about it.

“The Supreme Court has verified him qualified. They want to twist facts and figures by abandoning the document they took to the tribunal and start chasing shadows, trying to exhume dead case, a case that has long been put to death by the supreme court.

“Umo Eno is the authentic candidate of the party despite the sponsored litigations, he passed through those hurdles and won so what will make him not to be sworn in?

“I expect the sponsor of this propaganda to focus on his criminal case at the court of appeal and not to dissipate his energy chasing frivolities.”

He adjudged Gov Emmanuel’s administration as excellent which had tried its best to deliver on the mandate saying that Umo Eno was prepared to take over the mantle.

Hot this week

Editors Urge Government To Create Safe, Enabling Environment For Journalists

· Ask security agents to find missing Vanguard journalistAs...

EXCLUSIVE: Buhari orders probe of Isa Funtua, AMCON over keystone and Etisalat

Following the controversy generated by the leading opposition party,...

6 Signs your boyfriend thinks you are ugly -Take note of No. 2

They say there are three kinds of people; the...

2023: South-East, Middle Belt Forum Endorses Peter Obi

The South-East and Middle Belt Forum has endorsed the...

Governor Yusuf Unveils Dangote’s 1Million Ramadan Food  Programme.

By Jabiru Hassan.   Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir...

Five wards in Specialist Hospital Sokoto equipped With Solar For effective service delivery

By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto Inspecting the wards, the State Commissioner...

NTAC DG Hosts UNDP Senior Governance Advisor.

By Jabiru HassanThe Director General, Nigerian Technical Aid Corps,Rt.Hon.Yusuf...

World Glaucoma Week 2025: UDUTH Hosts Successful Glaucoma Awareness Campaign at NUJ Sokoto

In observance of World Glaucoma Week 2025, Usmanu Danfodiyo...

IGP flags off Zulum’s distribution of 110 vehicles, 280 houses to police, others

IGP launches Zulum's distribution of 110 vehicles, 280 houses...

Neomercantilism: Trump’s New Tariff Regime And American Economic Uncertainties

By Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim,  AbujaMercantilism as the art and...

Seadogs donate sanitary pads to female students in A’Ibom 

By Ogenyi Ogenyi,Uyo The National Association of Seadogs, (NAS), also...

N/Delta communities demand urgent action on methane emissions

By Ogenyi Ogenyi, Uyo  Representatives of communities affected by oil...
spot_img

Related Articles

Popular Categories

spot_imgspot_img