BY VICTOR UFOT
One of the frontline aspirants for the 2019 governorship election in the State Dr. Edet Efretuei has commended the leadership of his party the All Progressive Congress APC in Akwa Ibom State for its wisdom to the zone the ticket to Eket Senatorial District.
Dr. Efretuei disclosed this in Uyo on Monday during a chat while responding to questions from our reporter on whether he is in support of the party’s decision to zone the ticket to Eket Senatorial District.
The leadership of the All Progressive Congress in Akwa Ibom State had last week after a meeting with the leader of the party in the State Obong Umana Okon Umana unanimously settled to zone the gubernatorial ticket in the 2019 elections to Eket senatorial district.
He stated that though he is not an ardent supporter of zoning, the decision by the leadership of the party in the state has gone a long way in giving direction in the party. “I applaud my party the All Progressive Congress for their decision to zone the forthcoming governorship election in the state to Eket Senatorial District, though I am not a strong supporter of zoning, this decision I must say has helped give direction in the party”.
The governorship hopeful averred that the decision of the party will also help promote peace and unity in the all progressive congress in Akwa Ibom State adding that party members should try and align themselves by the decision of the party since the party is always supreme.
The US based professional Civil Engineer also added that the decision of the party to zone its ticket will brighten his chances of capturing the party’s ticket for the election “The decision of the party to zone the ticket is of added advantage to me becoming the Governor of the state in 2019, so I support it”.
Efretuei who hails from the senatorial district said that since other senatorial districts in the state had taken their turn in the past, it became imperative to allow the people of Eket Senatorial district to also complete their two terms of eight years.
He added that it will wrong for other politicians in the party from other senatorial district to contest for the governorship ticket.
It will be recalled that Dr. Efretuei few weeks ago paid a consultative visit to the leadership of the party at the party secretariat along Atiku Abubakar way in Uyo to inform the party hierarchy of his craving to serve Akwa Ibom people as their governor.
He used the visit to outline his manifesto to the leadership of the party and promised during the visit that if elected he will serve for only four years and develop all parts of the state within his one term tenure.
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