Buhari to meet 22 aggrieved A’Ibom PDP aspirants – Punch newspaper

All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj.
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is to meet with 22
Peoples Democratic Party aspirants, who have been
aggrieved over the conduct of the PDP’s governorship
primary in Akwa Ibom State.
An aide to one of the aspirants, who preferred to be
anonymous, told our correspondent in Uyo on
Monday that the aggrieved aspirants, otherwise
known as G22, had been under intense pressure to
defect to the APC.
He stated that the G22, who had earlier ignored the
calls to defect to the opposition party by the party’s
governorship flag bearer in the state, Mr. Umana
Umana, were said to be reconsidering their position
as they were reportedly not satisfied with how the
national executive had handled their grievances over
the governorship primary, conducted on December 8.
According to the aide, the planned crossover to the
APC is being facilitated by one of the APC governors
in the South-South.
The source said, “The APC presidential candidate, Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has expressly requested
to meet with the 22 aggrieved PDP aspirants from
Akwa Ibom State. The move is being facilitated by an
of the APC governors in the South-South.
The aggrieved aspirants, who are expected to dump
the PDP for the APC, include former Akwa Ibom State
Deputy governors, Obong Nsima Ekere and Patrick
Otu; a senator representing Akwa Ibom South, Helen
Esuene; former Nigerian Ambassador to Russia and
Belarus, Assam Assam, SAN; former Attorney-General
of Akwa Ibom State, Ekpenyong Ntekim; former
Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftain
Affairs, Effiong Abia; Asukwo Okpo, Larry Esin’ Prof.
Richard King and Chris Abasi Eyo.
Others include Okpolump Ette, Aniedi Ufot, David
Okpon, Dr. Samuel Udonsak, Jerome Isangedighi, Dr
Peter Esu, Ita Udoh, Ime Ekanem, Micheal Etuk,
Benjamin Okoko, Ime Akpanebe and Effiong Usin.
Culled from Punch