{"id":70184,"date":"2025-07-10T09:18:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70184"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:18:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:18:29","slug":"akwa-ibom-apc-members-reject-gov-enos-automatic-ticket-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/10\/akwa-ibom-apc-members-reject-gov-enos-automatic-ticket-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Akwa Ibom APC Members Reject Gov Eno\u2019s Automatic Ticket Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A group of All Progressives Congress (APC), stakeholders in Akwa Ibom has rejected Governor Umo Eno\u2019s plan to grant automatic return tickets to incumbent National Assembly members in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Operating under the name Concerned Members of the APC, the group petitioned President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, describing the move as \u201cundemocratic, unconstitutional, and a violation of the APC constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The petition, signed by party leaders across the state\u2019s 10 federal constituencies, alleged that the governor\u2019s decision aims to sideline loyal legacy members, especially those aligned with Senate President Godswill Akpabio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a grand conspiracy to annihilate legacy members who stood with Senator Godswill Akpabio in building and sustaining the party,\u201d the petition read.<\/p>\n<p>The group also accused Governor Eno of rewarding non-performing lawmakers, some of whom allegedly flout zoning arrangements. They warned that the plan risks deepening tensions between long-standing party members and recent defectors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat exists is a peace of the graveyard; a cold war is brewing,\u201d they said, adding that the development could be a calculated attempt to diminish Akpabio\u2019s influence in the party.<\/p>\n<p>They urged President Tinubu to intervene to avert an internal crisis and ensure a level playing field ahead of future elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who toiled to build this party deserve inclusion, not exclusion,\u201d the group concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola A group of All Progressives Congress (APC), stakeholders in Akwa Ibom has rejected Governor Umo Eno\u2019s plan to grant automatic return tickets to incumbent National Assembly members in the state. Operating under the name Concerned Members of the APC, the group petitioned President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, describing the move as \u201cundemocratic, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":70185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-70184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70186,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70184\/revisions\/70186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}