Several APC chieftains in Akwa Ibom have come out in defence of Mr Umana.
Edet Ikotidem, a lawyer and a former House of Representatives candidate of the APC in Akwa Ibom, told PREMIUM TIMES, Monday, “Umana Okon Umana did everything, he funded the activities of the APC in the state. I am a witness. Even the presidential rally in Uyo, he bankrolled the rally.”
“I was appointed into the 2023 APC governorship campaign committee, Umana gave all of us money to go back to our respective areas to work for the APC in that election. “Umana from 2015 contributed to the foundation of the APC in Nigeria. He footed the APC bills for the governorship and presidential elections in Akwa Ibom in 2015. That was the only election the APC truly won in Akwa Ibom,” Mr Ikotidem said.Sunny Jackson, an entrepreneur and an APC leader in Akwa Ibom, corroborated Mr Ikotidem’s remarks.
“Umana has been funding the APC since 2015 when he contested the governorship election. Even Tinubu himself has knowledge of Umana’s contribution to the APC in Akwa Ibom,” Mr Jackson told this newspaper. “These are blackmailers,” he said of those accusing Mr Umana of not working for the APC and President Tinubu’s victory in the election.
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