The Jonathan/Sambo Continuity Project is a political structure put together by the immediate past deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Nsima Ekere to ensure the re-election of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and Architect Mohammed Namadi Sambo as president and vice-president respectively in 2015.
Akwa Ibom State Coordinator of the Jonathan/Sambo Continuity Project, Pastor Joseph B. Effiong, who stated this in interview with our correspondent in Uyo, the state capital, said the defection of the governors and legislators cannot destroy or destabilise the PDP. According to Effiong, an engineer, “the governors were voted by the people and they have defected as individuals. The majority of other PDP members are still there.
The defection of five people is not enough to destabilise the PDP. PDP is well rooted. “Look in the last election, Jonathan won in virtually all the states including ACN states.
He won in Lagos State which is a core ACN state. So, the people defecting to APC will not stop Jonathan. PDP will still be in charge and of course in Akwa Ibom State, PDP will sweep the polls and Nsima Ekere will be in charge”.
He also debunked the belief that Obong Nsima Ekere and Governor Godswill Akpabio do not have a cordial relationship, insisting that both politicians have no political differences. Effiong said the former deputy governor’s resignation last year from Akpabio’s government was the handiwork of blackmailers, who were envious of the smooth relationship between Akpabio and Nsima Ekere.
The PDP chieftain disclosed that Nsima Ekere played a major role in ensuring that Akpabio won the 2011 governorship election, adding that as someone who shares the same vision with Akpabio, the former deputy governor was the right person to consolidate on the gains of the present administration.
His words: “It is not true that Akpabio and Nsima Ekere are not in good terms. He has a very cordial relationship with the executive governor of Akwa Ibom State. I think in one or two fora, His Excellency has said publicly that he has no problem with Nsima Ekere. It was just a team of blackmailers that worked against him and made him to resign from Akpabio’s cabinet”.
On the widespread speculation that Akpabio has chosen his successor in 2015, Effiong said it was not true that the governor has an anointed candidate, adding that Akpabio as a democrat has said in different occasions that only Akwa Ibom people would decide who they want as governor after him. mydailynewswatchng.com
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