2023: I’ve no intentions to place a surrogate for third term-Gov Emmanuel

Emmanuel also urged the people of Akwa Ibom to ensure no cultist takeover governance in 2023 after him.

The governor made this known during an open interactive session with Akwa Ibom recently.

He said, “For peace to reign and for Christ to have control, I am not interested in third term through a surrogate, the only thing you can help to do is to ensure that no cultist is allowed to emerge Governor of the state.

“Some council areas are highly volatile so if they nominate a cultist we would not permit such. Any cultist arrested would not be released.

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“The only way to ensure peace is to make a way to eradicate cultism if you want to ensure peace, we look up to God, then we embrace peace.

“Some cult groups are clashing in some parts of the state and we have tried to make sure we crush them. we will stop at nothing in ensuring we crush them. it is not out intention to deploy soldiers to volatile areas and you are forcing us to do so.

“Please let parents talk to their children, they gain nothing from cultism. it can’t be because of one man the whole village would run away. it is time to go their right way. most armed robbers and kidnappers are cultists and we will crush them.”

Daily Times reports that Gov Udom Emmanuel had said that he will only support a candidate who has the genuine interest and development of the state at heart on a Facebook media Chat last month