WHY SAM EDEM WILL NOT SUPPORT UMANA-AIDE

One of the very close aides to Ambassador Sam Edem had over the weekend informed THE INK newspaper that former NDDC boss Engr. Sam Edem will not and may never support Obong Umana Umana’s gubernatorial election bid.

Sam Edem’s aide was speaking in reaction to the previous publication of the newspaper that the former NDDC helmsman was set to join forces with Senator Effiong Bob to fight his fellow kinsman Obong Umana Umana to a standstill. He opined that Ambassador Sam Edem is a nice man of no mean cut but that the NDDC boss ran into trouble with the Akpabio authorities when it was mentioned that Edem will be interested in the Hilltop mansion in the year 2011. 

Continuing further, he alleged that the Secretary to State Government Obong Umana Umana had during that time joined forces in fighting Ambassador Edem to a point that the man completely lost relevance in the scheme of things. In his words “Editor, I am referring to your story on Ambassador Edem, how did you get that info. The story is completely true and correct.

 Let me inform you also that my boss His Excellency Ambassador Sam Edem cannot and will never support Obong Umana Umana. The reason is that Umana set up my boss, you remember all the travails my boss went, through to an extent of being liked to voodoo, we later discovered that Umana Umana was behind it, so it is now time for us to revenge and His Excellency Ambassador Sam Edem's body language is that of vengeance now that Mr Umana Umana is looking for something” he concluded while pleading for anonymity.

It could be recalled that Ambassador Sam Edem ran into political travails that forced his supporters to desert him. The circumstances that the ex NDDC boss later found himself was as observed by a political and social strategist too dirty for a man of Ambassador Sam Edem's pedigree.  However when contacted, a source from Obong Umana Umana's camp who is a member of Akwa Ibom Renaissance denied the involvement of the Secretary to State Government in the calamity that befell Ambassador Sam Edem. 

While extolling the qualities of Umana Umana which our Renaissance man described as rare, he added also that the camp of Umana is not interested in the likes of Amb. Sam Edemm whom he described as someone being hunted by the past. Our source maintained that Sam Edem and his aides can go to hell as the Umana Umana train will crush them if they intend to stand on their way.