Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has dropped a major hint about a potential switch to the All Progressives Congress (APC), likening the current state of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to a “spoilt plane” that may no longer be capable of carrying him to his political destination beyond 2027.
Speaking amid the recent wave of high-profile defections from the PDP, including the dramatic move by Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and his supporters to the APC, Pastor Eno expressed deep concerns over the fragmentation and instability within the main opposition party.
He suggested that the PDP, once a formidable political force, is now losing its structure and direction, which may ultimately affect its ability to remain a viable platform for ambitious leaders.
Addressing a mammoth crowd that thronged the Town Square meeting of the Ukanafun/Oruk Anam federal constituency on Tuesday at the QIC Central School, Ikot Akpankuk, headquarters of Ukanafun local government area, the governor disclosed that he might join the fray soon as the crucial 2027 election year inches closer.
“If you wanted to travel with Ibom Airline, and on the verge of taking off, it developed a fault that won’t enable it to fly, won’t you board the next available plane to take you to your destination?” Eno queried.
However, the governor, who enjoined the people to remain steadfast in support of his administration in its quest to deliver on its campaign promises, doled out empowerment succour to over 400 people, including business grants, cars and other freebies.
154 constituents benefited from the Traders Grant, 116 received Farmers Grant, four got N5 million each for the MSME Grant, and 131 were beneficiaries of the Equipment Support Initiative.
He, therefore, urged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the resources at their disposal, warning beneficiaries to desist from deploying it to ponzi schemes or any other unintended purposes.
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He said: “We need to meet with the people from time to time to see them. It’s not only during elections that we should come to see our people. We also have to come and see you in the course of governance, to check your wellbeing, to listen to you, tell you what we have done, and what we are planning to do.
This is the fourth federal constituency we have visited, we have six more to go and we will finish all in time for the budget department to capture the needs in the 2026 budget.
“We will go through your requests and tell you the ones we have decided to do, based on available funds. We might not be able to do all, but whatever is left we will add to subsequent budgets.
“We will always work with the people because this government is of the people, for the people, and by the people,” he stated.
