ACN vows to claim victory in A’Ibom

In a reaction to the announcement by the Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Aniekan Akpan, accepting the victory of Governor Godswill Akpabio of the Peoples Democratic Party in the April 16 governorship election, the ACN on Sunday denied being represented by Akpan.
The ACN said it had already suspended Akpan.
The Acting Chairman of the party in the state, Dr. Amadu Attai, said Akpan’s acceptance of the result of the poll was aimed at confusing the minds of the electorate who were victims of electoral robbery.
Attai said, “We hardly need to say, but for the avoidance of doubt, we make bold to repeat the obvious that this great party (ACN) completely dissociates itself from the actions of Mr. Aniekan Akpan who is, to say the least, on a frolic of his own. At no point in time did we authorise such outright falsehood as conveyed by Akpan.
Attai said from the resolution of the meeting on Sunday, Akpan had been suspended and replaced by Attai.
He added that in line with article 9 of the ACN constitution, a seven-man disciplinary committee had been set up to investigate and recommend appropriate sanctions against the suspended chairman.
He said Akpan would be judged on the basis of unauthorised congratulatory message and acceptance of election results.
He added that he would also be quizzed on the millions of naira he collected for the purpose of the cancelled April 2 elections which remained unaccounted for. Attai further stated that Akpan would be made to return all party assets in his care.
He said the party was more “focused, poised to reclaim its stolen mandate.”
“To this end, we hereby reiterate our rejection of the fake bogus results announced by INEC, in favour of PDP and demand that they announce the authentic results which clearly establishes that we won in over 22 local government areas. We had the highest number of valid votes cast,” he said.
By Etim Ekpimah, Uyo             Courtesy Of: Punch