Oba assures supporters of contesting on YPP platform as PDP members move motion to decamp en mass
Senator Bassey Albert Akpan aka OBA has commended his teeming supporters for their resilience in the face of challenges confronting the actualisation of his 2023 governorship bid in the state.
He assured them that their support will never be in vain as he is standing for the governorship election on the platform of the Young Peoples Party in the forthcoming general election.
Addressing members of the local government coordinating committees of Akwa Ubok Abasi Campaign Organisation on Monday, OBA said, “it is not easy to believe in a cause, given the turbulence”.
He encouraged them, “we are almost there, God has not abandoned His project”.
According to him, the fact that his support base has not depleted but remains unshaken instead shows that God is still in support of the project.
OBA reminded them that contrary to the opinion in some quarters that he has no structure, the people actually form his structure, adding that it is the people that make the party and not the other way round.
He encouraged them to be joyful and hopeful as God’s plan will come to pass, assuring them that “it is the will of God that you will be part of the next government “.
OBA, who reiterated that he is on a mission to liberate Akwa Ibom people from social and economic hardship by offering positive and impactful service, added that the only being that can stop him from being the next governor is God.
The senator, who recently decamped from PDP to YPP, said “I have no business in politics if I don’t impact humanity”. He assured his supporters that none who contributes to his emergence as governor will be forgotten.
He decried the type of economic policy that deliberately impoverishes the masses in the state as a means of controlling their consciences with pittance during election periods.
The Akwa Ibom State Chairman of YPP, Apostle Nnyenime Andy who was the Special Guest, assured congregants that power has left PDP to YPP which has become the fastest growing party in the state.
Speakers at the event who took turns assured OBA that the 2023 election will be about individuals who have competence, pedigree, and capacity, not about the party.
They expressed happiness that the Senator will be on the ballot, saying there was a little apprehension about that possibility, at the time.
A motion by Rt. Hon. Asuquo Odiong and seconded by Eno Otu (a former PDP woman leader in Itu) moved that all members of Akwa Ubok Abasi should decamp en masse with the Senator to YPP on the 30th of July, 2023.
