GOVERNOR Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom has directed all commissioners and political appointees to defect with him from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) or resign from their positions.
Eno said it was no longer news that he has made up his mind to defect to the APC.
“Anybody who claims he is not aware of my intention to leave PDP is still living in 18th century,” Eno stated.
Eno reportedly gave the directive during the ongoing state Executive Council Meeting taking place in Uyo on Thursday, according to sources at the meeting.
The governor said he has admired President Bola Tinubu from a distance and would want to align with him.
He warned his appointees that he had nothing to negotiate with them other than for them to follow him or leave the stage.
“Apart from elected officials like House of Assembly members and Local Government Chairmen, I have nothing to negotiate with you,” he said.
“Let me tell you, anybody who believes when I leave PDP he will use the party structure to fight me is lying because I will still control the PDP structure.”
Many sources confirmed that Eno would likely jettison the PDP on June 6, bringing to an end the party’s 25-year rule in the state.
