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By Adimike George, Onitsha and Nwanosike Onu, Awka 11 hours 49 minutes ago
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THE governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Akwa Ibom State, Sen. James Udoedehe, yesterday lamented that the Peoples Democratic Party’s government had held the people of the state in captivity, following the spate of politically motivated killings and kidnappings of innocent citizens in the state.


Udoedehe, who spoke during a programme on the Radio Nigeria Atlantic FM 104.5, known as People’s Link, said that he was in the governorship race as a result of bad governance in the state.

The former Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory advised the electorate to vote in the ACN during Tuesday’s governorship poll, saying that the party would bring harmony, employment and security to the state which the Peoples Democratic Party’s government had failed to do in the last four years.

He said: "My ambition is as a result of bad governance in the state. Akwa Ibom people have become slaves in their own land. My coming into the race is a divine call.

"In Akwa Ibom State, when you disagree, nobody wants to look at the contents of your disagreement. A few criminals cannot hold us to ransom. We are suffering from the trauma of civil war. The power of the people is more than the power of gun."


Udoedehe explained the PDP government had locked up the political environment against him, saying that he refused to take his campaign trains to Eket Senatorial District due to the security reports available to him that the PDP government was planning to burn down the government treasury and put it on the ACN governorship candidate.


His words: "If only INEC and security agents will do their jobs successfully, I will win Tuesday’s governorship election. Our young men and women are talented ,but they have been misguided by the PDP government into criminals and prostitutes."

The governorship hopeful added that he would focus on agriculture, address the issues of poverty and create wealth for the middle class people if elected into office.



Udoedehe said that his government’s approach to development would be holistic, by asking the people what they were good at and execute such action with the aid of a soft loan for them to be self-employed.

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