Your son’s NDC ticket may affect APC’s 2027 fortunes – Stakeholders caution Ekpo

no Minister’s son is contesting, says Aide

By Uko Etim 

UYO—Political stakeholders in Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika federal constituency of Akwa Ibom state have expressed concerns over the political aspiration of Marshall Ekpo, son of the minister of Petroleum Resources(Gas), Mr. Ekperikpe Ekpo.

The Minister’s son recently won the ticket of the Nigerian Democratic Congress(NDC) to contest the Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika federal constituency seat in the party’s primary election.

Some members of the All Progressives Congress(APC) from the area who spoke with our correspondent yesterday condemned the minister son’s aspiration on another party’s platform.

They alleged that the minister’s son was been encouraged and sponsored by his father to occupy the federal constituency seat, a development which would adversely affect the electoral fortunes of the ruling party.

One of the stakeholders who pleaded not to be mentioned said, “the political atmosphere in Abak Federal Constituency is very tense because we believe Minister Ekperikpe Ekpo is playing anti-party politics.

“While his son reserves the right to contest as an adult on any party platform but we are worried that his father’s influence could rob APC of victory in the area.

“There are serious questions about party loyalty, transparency and commitment to the ideals of party supremacy within the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“For a serving APC Minister to allegedly sponsor or encourage a direct family member on the platform of another political party means that APC in the Minister’s Local Government stands on one leg and can only be interpreted at it’s best as an act capable of undermining party unity and weakening internal confidence among loyal party faithful. 

“This may even contribute to massive failure for candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC from the President, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senate President, Chief Godswill Akpabio to all other candidates in the party” another stakeholder said.

The minister could not be reached for comments on the matter but his media aide, Mr. Louis Ibah said no son of the minister was contesting any election. 

Ibah said, “It is not true that any of the Minister’s sons was contesting any election. It is nothing but cheap blackmail to discredit the minister for political reasons”.

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