Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has directed all commissioners and political appointees in his cabinet to either defect with him to the All Progressives Congress, APC, or resign from their positions.
The directive was issued during the State Executive Council EXCO meeting on Thursday, where the governor openly confirmed his decision to leave the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the APC.
Sources present at the meeting disclosed that Governor Eno made it clear that his defection should come as no surprise to any of his appointees, stating:
Anybody who claims he is not aware of my intention to leave the PDP is still living in the 18th century, he said.