The renewed war of supremacy and political control of Nsit Ubium Local Government between the immediate past Secretary to state Government Obong Umana Okon Umana who is also an aspirant to the 2015 gubernatorial election in the state, and a two term Senator who represented Uyo Senatorial District in the upper chambers of the National Assembly, Senator Effiong Dickson Bob is becoming hotter by the day.
The supremacy struggle and recognition by the two Nsit Ubium born politicians came out very clear in the area last month following the Bassey Albert gubernatorial consultation visit to Senator Bob and the member representing Nsit Ubium State Constituency, Barr Onofiok Luke who is seeking a second term in the state House of Assembly.
Umana who before his removal from office by the state governor, Chief GodswillAkpabio was the kingmaker in NsitUbium which all the aspirants from the area in the 2011 election had to receive his endorsement before considering any political office, have been crippled by his removal from office especially with regards to his loss of government connections.
Following his removal from office, Senator Bob is said to have come out strong which Umana has lost his political supporters to Bob who is now referred to and regarded as the political leader of NsitUbium. Pundits from the area say that the recent developments in terms of political consultations going on in the area does not go down well with ObongUmanaUmana whose political influence and popularity in NsitUbium is dangerously hampered by Senator Bob.
Sources from the area described it as a payback time for Umana whom they said was the key factor that stopped Senator Bob’s third term bid to the upper chambers of the National Assembly which paved the way for Senator ItaEnang to emerge the Senator representing Uyo Senatorial District in 2011. They maintained that the development which seriously affected Umana’s political journey to the Hilltop Mansion made the former SSG very unhappy with Bob as Umana is said to have been regrouping his supporters to challenge the Pro- chancellor of the University of Benin.
Sources close to the immediate past SSG disclosed that Umana have sworn that Bob will never be the kingmaker in NsitUbium as he is seriously considering flexing his political muscles with Senator Bob. They said that Umana have stopped attending political meetings with Bob whom he sees as a threat to his gubernatorial ambition.
It was gathered recently from the area that politicians no longer go to Umana to consult him for their political ambitions like in 2011, but all routes now lead to Bob’s house for political consultations in NsitUbium. Checks have also revealed that most of Umana’s political sons in NsitUbium are now loyal to Bob whom they regard as the political leader of NsitUbium.
Senator Bob have hit Umana strongly recently when some concerned citizens of the area visited the Senator for him to show them political direction as the 2015 election gathers momentum in the state, Bob was said to described Umana as a common appointee of government who never bought form to contest any election coming to be a political leader.
It could be recalled that the member representing NsitUbium, Barr Onofiok Luke had engaged Senator Bob and ObongUmana in a reconciliation peace talk last December which they agreed to bury their differences and work together, five months later, the two men are again in another supremacy struggle for the soul of NsitUbium.
For now, there is infighting between Umana’s camp and Bob’s camp
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