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Human Rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong has rejected the ‘witchcraft endorsement’ of President Bola Tinubu for second tenure by Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno stating that it was a ‘self-serving endorsement.’

Governor Umo Eno endorsed President Tinubu during the launch of the construction of a 65 km, 3-lane dual carriageway in the State on Tuesday and announced the support of the State to ensure President Tinubu completes the eight years in office.

In a press statement on Wednesday, Effiong who has championed the cause against mismanagement of Akwa Ibom State funds by the past and present administration said that it speaks volume that an opposition Governor desperately endorsed the second tenure of the most terrible, incompetent and dangerous regime in Nigeria’s modern history.

While urging self-respecting individuals from the State to distance themselves from Governor Eno’s shameless endorsement, he noted that the unholy alliance between PDP and APC in the State is about power and control not about improving the lives of individuals in the State.

PRESS STATEMENT

GOVERNOR UMO ENO AND HIS IRRESPONSIBLE AND WITCHCRAFT ENDORSEMENT OF PRESIDENT TINUBU FOR RE-ELECTION.

The trending embarrassing video of Governor Umo Eno endorsing President Bola Tinubu for a second term should not come as a surprise to anyone who has been paying close attention to the destructive political culture and the cancerous partisanship that have been evolving in Akwa Ibom State over the years.

Some of us have consistently warned that what we have been having in Akwa Ibom is not governance, but a criminal enterprise deviously and carefully crafted to loot, kill, and destroy.

The utter lack of accountability, morality, and basic decency by Akwa Ibom politicians speaks volumes of the decadent state of affairs in the oil rich State.

Isn’t it preposterous and sickening, that a so-called opposition governor has desperately endorsed the most terrible, incompetent and dangerous regime in Nigeria’s modern history for reelection?

While Nigerians and Akwa Ibomites are currently suffering the harsh effects of President Tinubu’s devastating economic policies and nepotism, a governor that pretends to be a pastor found it expedient to offer him a reelection endorsement.

Since Senator Godswill Akpabio became the Senate President, the PDP in Akwa Ibom has been utterly useless as an opposition party in the State, while the governor has been pandering to Akpabio. Both parties have formed an unholy alliance against the people of Akwa Ibom State in their desperation to remain in power.

The same Umo Eno had earlier endorsed Senator Akpabio for reelection.

It is a case of if you scratch my back, I will scratch your back.

The unholy marriage between the PDP and the APC in Akwa Ibom State is about power and control of resources. It is not about improving the lives of the people.

None of these surprises me, what sickens me is the sheer hypocrisy.

Umo Eno parades himself as a pastor. But he has no fear of God in him. He speaks nicely, but acts exactly like the typical Nigerian politician.

His antics are obvious to descerning minds.

He uses petty acts of philanthropy to deceive the gullible people. His employs tokenism to mask his gross incompetence and failures.

What pains me in all of these is that many people in Akwa Ibom State have accepted the slavery imposed on them by wicked politicians.

Only slaves will continually defend those who are impoverishing and subjugating them.

I will not be surprised if Umo Eno decamps officially to the APC. The PDP in Nigeria today is in the pocket of the APC.

The PDP has been unable to function as a credible opposition party because the party became used to stealing and rigging elections.

We read that the EFCC was interested in the billions stolen under the very arrogant and disastrous former governor called Udom Emmanuel. The next thing we saw was Umo Eno endorsing Tinubu for reelection.

Since murderous people, criminals and looters in Nigeria can easily secure protection by joining the APC, it is understandable why a governor whose party intends to field a presidential candidate in 2027 is endorsing a failed president who has brought nothing but misery to Nigerians.

I urge Nigerians and Akwa Ibom people to ignore the self-serving endorsement.

I also call on independent minded, self-respecting and decent individuals from Akwa Ibom to distance themselves from Governor Umo Eno’s desparation and shamelessness .

His endorsement of Tinubu represent his own selfish view. He didn’t speak for me. He spoke for himself. I reject his witchcraft endorsement.

INIBEHE EFFIONG
16th April, 2025.