Lawmakers from Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district in the State House of Assembly have said they will not support Senator Aloysius Etok's bid to return to the National Assembly in 2015.
The lawmakers, under the aegis of Custodian of the Mandate of Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District, who made this known on Thursday, said they would rather support Governor Godswill Akpabio's aspiration to the Senate.
Etok is a second term senator.
Speaking through the Deputy Speaker in the Assembly, Mr. Udo Kieran, the group, in a statement, said its decision followed Etok's recent comment that the seat would not be vacant in 2015.
The statement read, "In 2015, we are not with Senator Aloysius Etok, but we are with Governor Godswill Akpabio whom we see as a superior representative that would do better in the Senate. We want to warn Etok to desist from assuming the powers he does not have and to refrain from talking as if he is the sole owner of Ikot Ekpene Senatorial district.
"In 2015, Senator Etok is alone as far as Ikot Ekpene Senatorial district seat is concerned. The people of Ikot Ekpene are withdrawing their support to him and from now henceforth, he is strictly on his own."
Etok had on Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation radio programme, 'Akwa Ibom Today', said Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district seat was not vacant in 2015 because the governor had not consulted with him.
