How Governor Emmanuel Allegedly Spent Billions To Conduct PDP ‘Primary’ In Govt House

<h4>How Governor Emmanuel spent billions<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has gathered that the executive governor of Akwa Ibom State&comma; Emmanuel Udom&comma; may have spent billions of Naira to conduct Peoples Democratic Party&comma; PDP&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;primary’ election for the 2023 governorship contest in the State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Governor Udom is on the last lap of his two-tenure of eight years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to information&comma; the governor conveyed a well attended meeting in Lagos last week&period; Critical stakeholders were said to be in attendance when the issue of his successor and indeed his choice of successor was deliberated upon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To get the buy-in of the stakeholders&comma; governor Udom was said to have doled out billions to those he believe would object to his proposal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Insiders who spoke to OpenLife averred that what transpired at the government house in Uyo&comma; Akwa Ibom State capital was just a formality&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The source stated further that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When you see top men in the society gathered like that in a governor’s meeting&comma; you should know that Akwa Ibom money is talking&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At a stakeholders’ meeting on Sunday&comma; former Governor Victor Attah announced Mr Umo Eno&comma;  Commissioner for Lands&comma; as Governor Emmanuel’s preferred choice of successor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many stakeholders&comma; who were not in the know of the plans&comma;  reportedly stormed out of the meeting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The choice&comma; OpenLife gathered&comma;  has divided the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">PDP<&sol;a> in the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Governor Emmanuel&comma; before now&comma; had severally said he had no anointed candidate for 2023&comma; despite speculations that he had interest in Eno&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Governor Emmanuel appears the only governor within PDP who has concluded on his successor with or without primary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;