No One Will Humiliate You in APC — Shettima Tells Umo Eno

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The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has assured Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno and his supporters who followed him from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) that they won’t regret their decision to be part of the governing party.

He said the leader of the party, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, specifically asked him to inform the Governor that the APC will be home to him, and that no one will humiliate him or question his place in the party fold.

Senator Shettima spoke on Saturday in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, where he represented the President at the Grand Reception of Governor Umo Eno into the APC fold held at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium.

Addressing the mammoth crowd of APC supporters who thronged the venue of the grand reception, the Vice President described his boss, President Tinubu, as a bridge-builder and deep-rooted democrat who sacrificed his resources to sustain the struggle to defend the nation’s democracy.

Recalling the role President Tinubu played in sustaining democracy in Nigeria, VP Shettima said at a time when most politicians “traded their principles for a seat at their oppressor’s table,” Tinubu chose to stay the course in building an alternative, “not in pursuit of personal glory, but in defence of democracy.

The Vice President further gave the new APC entrants important insights into the workings of the party, saying the governing APC is “not a party of vanity metrics,” which is why it has remained the party to beat ten years after.

In his address, Governor Eno said his decision to join the APC was necessitated by the desire to align with the renewed hope Tinubu administration at the centre so he can rise with the progressives.

He told the gathering that his “progressive state movement is predicated on the enlightened state interest and to support Mr. President to finish the bold and audacious economic reforms he has started.”

He said joining the APC will help actualise the infrastructure drive in Akwa Ibom State, including the Deep Sea Port project that

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