APC Primaries: Judith Etuk Won, Eket Constituency Youths Insist

The Coalition of Eket Federal Constituency Youths has dismissed as “false, misleading and heavily sponsored propaganda” reports published by some local tabloids claiming that Mrs Eunice Thomas emerged as the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives primaries held last Saturday.

In a response to publications by some media houses, the youths described the reports as a deliberate attempt to distort the truth, confuse party faithful and mislead the general public about the authentic outcome of the APC primaries in Eket Federal Constituency.

According to the group, the election was conducted peacefully under the supervision of security agencies and returning officers from Abuja, who monitored and declared the results.

The coalition maintained that Obongawaan Judith Ogbara Mayen Etuk overwhelmingly defeated other aspirants, describing it as a clear, unquestionable landslide victory.

The youths noted that after the declaration of results on Saturday night, her supporters celebrated the victory across the constituency without any form of resistance or objection from opposing camps because, according to them, “everybody knew the true outcome of the primaries.

“It is shocking and unfortunate that days after a transparent exercise, some newspapers suddenly chose to publish a completely different narrative on their front pages.

“We view such publications as a coordinated propaganda campaign sponsored to manipulate public perception and undermine the credibility of the electoral process within the party,” the group lamented.

The coalition stressed that its members monitored the primaries throughout the entire Eket Federal Constituency and could confidently testify that Dr Judith won convincingly across the areas where the exercise was conducted.

They warned against attempts to overheat the polity through misinformation, urging political actors and their supporters to allow truth, peace and due process to prevail.