Ahead of the 2023 governorship election in Akwa Ibom State, Governor Udom Emmanuel has called for a peaceful transition.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Udom warned that politics of succession should not divide Akwa Ibom State. He advised citizens of the state to reject any aspirant who fails to embrace peace once elections period sets in.
Udom stated this on Friday during the inauguration of the National Executive Committee and Grand Unveiling of Maintain Peace Movement (MPM) at the Nest of Champions, Uyo, the state capital.
The governor who described MPM as a non-partisan, movement emphasized on the need to maintain peace. He added that the essence of politicking is to bring development to the people.
“Without peace, there can’t be development. The presence of peace is the absence of conflict, the presence of conflict is the absence of peace. Politics will never divide us, political parties will never divide us, we will never be divided because of religion.
“I stand in the gap as the leader in the state to declare peace in the 31 Local Government Areas in the State.
“Today I don’t want to talk about development. It is not a day for scorecard, it is to make a pronouncement of peace in the land that as we move into the year 2022, the political situation will gather momentum, anybody who is not preaching peace doesn’t open your door for him.
“We are standing here today to launch MPM so that in our move towards transition there shall be peace and God will give us peace”, he stated.
