The absence of Nsima Ekere, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom state, at the signing of peace accord for all the political parties in the state, has raised a lot of dust.
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has claimed that the opponent tactfully evaded the signing of the treaty because he is ready for war.
The peace accord was organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Ini Ememobong, publicity secretary of the PDP in Akwa Ibom, said the APC was simply looking for a way to avoid committing to the peace accord, in preparation for their “Warsaw promise”.
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“Today, at the signing of the Peace Accord organized by INEC, the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Nsima Ekere exhibited his consistent, habitual and unrepentant show of rascality by coming hours after the event had started and sought to stroll across the main aisle of the venue,” he said.
“Of course by all protocol standards, he was advised to enter from the front door, but use the middle aisle to his seat which was at the other end of the hall. He resisted and insisted on swaggering pass the front. Protocol officers of INEC offered to take him to his seat but he left boasting that Igini must be removed.
“Long before his arrival, his state chairman, Ini Okopido, had arrived and was seated on his designated seat. The INEC REC asked about the whereabouts of his candidate, to which he replied that he (Nsima) was coming, that he had other engagements.”
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However, chairman of the APC in the state, Ini Okopido, in a statement on Wednesday insisted that his governorship candidate, Ekere, never boycotted the peace treaty, rather he was barred from entering the venue of the event by the protocol and security personnel of Emmanuel Udom, the governor. for one month.
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