Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, on Wednesday in Abuja said he had no plans to impose any candidate on the people of the state as being speculated in the state.
He made the denial while speaking with newsmen in an interview in Abuja. According to him, there is no iota of truth that he planned to impose the Secretary to the State Government on the people as being alleged by some PDP stakeholders in the state.
The governor also denied hijacking the state party membership register as alleged by some of the party’s stakeholders who appeared before the PDP National Integration Committee.
He said that all the wards and chapters of the party in the state had their membership register while the state party chairman also had his.
“Such allegation is baseless and it is false. You have to understand that this is political time and people are doing their best to blackmail one another.
“I assure you that I’m a democrat and I will never impose any candidate on the good people of Akwa Ibom.
The people will select their candidate,” he said.
Akpabio said that some politicians indulged in falsehood in an attempt to win elections, primaries or gain political power.
He, however, said that he would not be distracted by the allegations but remain focused in ensuring good governance in the state.
The governor assured that PDP was out to ensure electoral independence.
Akpabio said that he had a lot of respect for elders and founding fathers of the party.
He commended President Goodluck Jonathan, whom he said found it expedient to make him a member of the party`s inner caucus.
“I’m a strong party man and I identify with the working committee in my state, the people and all the funding and founding fathers.
“The problem in my state is that, we have one or two party founding fathers that lost primaries in 2006 and from that period, they lost interest in the PDP.
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