YOU WON'T GO FOR SECOND TERM, PDP TELLS EKET LAWMAKER
Inability to carve a niche for himself as an active and committed lawmaker has landed Mr. David Lawrence in the bad books of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Mr. Lawrence who is presently representing Eket State constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly was openly informed by the party Chairman Obong Paul Ekpo that he is among the lawmakers that will not return in 2019.
Our reporter gathered that about a month ago the Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Barr Onofiok Luke had taken all members of the Assembly to meet with the Party Chairman Obong Paul Ekpo in his Shelter Afrique residence.
At the meeting, the way forward for the legislature and the party was discussed and the need for a greater synergy was also expatiated.
At the end of the meeting, the Speaker of the Assembly is said to have asked Obong Paul Ekpo saying, Mr. Chairman, please I am sure all of us interested in second term will return?
In response, the party boss was sharp saying No, all of you cannot return.
Paul Ekpo explaining further said, some of you have shown very poor legislative skills, some of you are very incompetent and some of you are not favoured by zoning. So Mr. Speaker, all of you cannot return.
As Ekpo was speaking, his eyes were gazed on David Lawrence who had no choice but to put his face on the ground and shook his head intermittently.
It was learnt that the Party Chairman was specific when he mentioned that someone like Eket lawmaker does not have any business returning to the State Assembly.
The Party Chairman also added that some of the lawmakers abandoned the party after they were elected and then queried why such people should be returned.
With the soccer punch delivered on David Lawrence, it remains to be seen how the Eket Legislator intends to navigate his way out of the early frustration he is currently facing on the road to his second term which stakeholders have since described as inordinate.
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