“He who comes to equity must come with clean hands.”
Prior to this, I have refrained from writing about the politics of
Akwa-Ibom State nor the chances of any of it numerous governorship
aspirants for personal reasons; but lately I have noticed a deliberate
attempt by some persons seeking cheap relevance to mislead the public
and thus decided to set the record straight for history and posterity.
Aniekeme Finbarr in an article with the above title, made a deliberate
attempt to distort facts and misinform Akwa-Ibomites, that there is a gang
up against the anointed candidate of Governor Godswill Akpabio, Mr Udom
Emmanuel, however what Finbarr failed to do was to mention the names of
those involved in this gang up,at what fora they discussed this plan
and what modalities the execution will take.
I do not understand why a legitimate attempt by qualified citizens of a
state who aspire to lead their people should be misconstrued by Finbarr
as a gang up. Does he expect his preferred candidate to contest the PDP
primaries unopposed? During the Democratic Party Primaries between
Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama, the whole world watched as both
candidates antagonized each other in the race for the party ticket,
which Obama finally won. Would it then be fair to say that Bill and
Hillary Clinton along with their followers were carrying out a
conspiracy theory against Obama? If you can't stand the heat, leave the
kitchen !
The story of how Udom is not a stooge to Governor Akpabio, should only
be told to children in kindergarten as a bedtime story. I would want to
remind Finbarr that in 2007,they were about fifty governorship aspirants
in Akwa-Ibom State, and that Udom's principal was not the anointed
candidate but in the end, he emerged victorious defeating the preferred
choice of Obong Attah. Can it then be deduced that Udom's boss and the
other candidates conspired against Obong Attah? If yes,then maybe
judgment day is here, and I can understand the desperation of the
present hill top mansion team to demonize anybody who seems to be more
popular than their anointed candidate.
The Udom camp should look inward and call themselves to order, rather
than pointing their fingers(already soaked in oil) at others. Since
their principal and head of the 'Udom must succeed me by all means gang'
has decided to attack personalities instead of issues, they should also
expect the same or maybe even more measure to be given back to them.
Its nothing new, just the law of sowing and reaping. I do not want to
believe that both Udom and Finbarr are not aware that their principal
has at different occasions called other aspirants unprintable names,
from prodigal sons to angels of doom seeking power through the back
door, and even going ahead to lay curses on them and their followers for
no just cause, other than their decision to pursue a right guaranteed
them and Udom by the 1999 constitution. Our God is a just God and as the
bible says “The curse causeless shall not come(Proverbs 26:2)”.
Therefore I will advise the Udom camp to focus more on campaigning and
presenting their unknown candidate to the people of the state rather
than resort to becoming false prophets(proclaiming blessings and curses)
overnight.
If intimidation could not dissuade Godswill Akpabio from challenging the
anointed candidate of Obong Attah in 2007. It is the height of
political naivety to think that,such a failed strategy will work in 2014
with the level of enlightenment of our people.
Finally I would want to refer Mr Finbarr and co to the story of Saul and
David. Saul being anointed by God to lead Isreal may have had in his
mind his preferred successor and also may have rolled out a succession
plan; but God had already chosen David to take over;irrespective of the
hatred from Saul, David still ascended the throne. Therefore if Mr Udom
Emmanuel will not be the governor of Akwa-Ibom State, there is nothing
they can do to change that because “power belongs to God”.
Enenim Ubon is on twitter @enenimubon
truth should be told all the time. Good write-up
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