Akpabio said he had directed the chairman of Akwa Ibom chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to set up a reconciliation committee.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said it would be an aberration for the number three citizen not to produce a governor from the same party in his state, Akwa Ibom.
Akpabio stated this while addressing Uyo stakeholders meeting held at Kara Event Centre on Friday.
According to him, plans are underway to set up a reconciliation committee to address differences in the party.
Akpabio said he had directed the chairman of Akwa Ibom chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Stephen Ntutekpo, to set up the committee.
He also called for unity, stressing the need for party members to remain firm on the party they belong, adding that a situation where someone would be in one party and be working for another party would not be tolerated.
Akpabio said, “We will make sure that APC in Akwa Ibom is one, we will give people the option that either you belong to us or to them. There should not be any in-between. We are going to resolve all the issues in APC, we are going to advise some people you can’t be here and there.
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“I’ve mandated the chairman of the party to set up a reconciliation committee in the state, we have to bring our members together. If we are united, there is no barrier that we cannot break.”
“I pray against confusion among my leaders not in Uyo alone but in all the senatorial districts, we must reconcile among ourselves.”
He added, “You know wherever the Senate President is, that is where the party is.
“Is it possible that Nigeria will give Akwa Ibom the number three citizen and at the end of the election, it will not produce an APC governor?”
Akwa Ibom is currently governed by Umo Eno of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).