Vice President 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 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 Tinubu, specifically asked him to inform the governor that the APC would be home to him, and that no one would humiliate him or question his place in the party fold.
Shettima spoke yesterday in Uyo, where he represented the president at the grand reception of Governor Umo Eno into the APC fold.
Addressing supporters, vice president described Tinubu as a bridge-builder and deep-rooted democrat who sacrificed his resources to sustain the struggle to defend the nation’s democracy.
“I am telling you this, Your Excellency Pastor Umo Eno, because I want you and your co-travellers to know that Mr. President is a bridge-builder, an inveterate democrat, and so, your decision to come home to the APC is one that you will never regret.
“Mr. President asked me to assure you personally: no one will question your place here. This party is your home. You will not be humiliated. You will not be forsaken. We are your brothers and sisters in the high tides and the low ebbs. We ride together, and we rise together,” he declared.
