Governor Eno and Akwa Ibom PDP haved denied backing Atiku alleged certificate forgery case against the president.
In a statement by the state PDP publicity secretary, Borono Bassey, the party distanced the governor and the party from social media reports that they were celebrating Atiku’s efforts.
The chapter described the reports as fake and concocted by disgruntled and mischievous persons to discredit Eno before President Tinubu.
The statement reads: “The attention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Akwa Ibom State was drawn earlier today (yesterday), to an obviously fake news item being circulated on social media alleging that our party and His Excellency, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State and Leader of PDP, Pastor Umo Eno, was secretly celebrating Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s efforts in ‘exposing’ President Tinubu’s alleged fake certificate.
“We hereby state as follows: The matter which is the subject of the fake news is in court and therefore, subjudice. By that very fact, neither the governor or the Peoples Democratic Party at the state level is competent to comment on it.
“The governor as a law abiding citizen, who believes in the supremacy of the law, has tremendous respect for the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, the PDP whose platform Pastor Umo Eno was elected as governor, and the presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
“The governor of Akwa Ibom State is not a party on record in the suit referred to in this rumour and therefore, can only await the judgment of the court, and he will join in the usual respectful and deferential chorus of “as the court pleases.”
“We urge well meaning Nigerians to ignore the ill-intentioned attempt to drag the Governor of Akwa Ibom State and the State Chapter of our great Party, the PDP into a matter that is undergoing the processes of law.”
credit- The Nation
