‘I Don’t Know Whether I’ll Be In PDP or APC Tomorrow,’ Akwa Ibom Gov Eno Says Amidst Defection Rumours 

Tuesday May 13, 2025 |

Akwa Ibom Governor, Pastor Umo Eno is closing in on actualising his rumoured defection plans. He says he does not know his next political platform, but promised to remain a governor connected to the people, regardless of his future political party.

Governor Eno stated this on Sunday, May 11, at a Thanksgiving Service organised in his honour at The Apostolic Church, Maboju Assembly in Lagos State.

He, however, said his statement does not mean he was going anywhere.

“I don’t know where I’ll be tomorrow, whether PDP, APC, or YPP. These are just for political convenience and enlightened state interest. But it will never define who I am.

“I will remain a governor connected to the people, regardless of party. I will continue to unite all our parties, regardless of where God will take me to. That is not to say I am going anywhere,” he said.

“But I’m saying that,” he added, before throwing in a chorus of a popular Christian hymn, “Oh, the future lies before me,” as a complement.

Flanked by his children and assisted by the congregants, Governor Eno carefully choreographed the lyrics of the hymn, drawn from the Bible in James 4:14.

“Oh, the future lies before me,

“And I know not where I’ll be,

“But where’er my path be leading,

“Saviour, keep my heart with thee.”

Continuing, he told the people not to be afraid, urging them to understand the signs of the time, and cited the sons of Issachar, the Bible figures reputed for being able to read their circumstances and respond wisely.

“So, there is no need to be scared. Those of you in politics know that there are no two elections that are the same, that people must always understand. We are the children of Issachar.

“The children of Issachar were given to understanding the times and seasons. And we must clearly understand the time and seasons so that we do not swim against the tide.

“I’d like to stop there, but he that has ears, let him hear what the spirit says to the church,” he said, echoing a phrase that signifies the ability to receive and understand spiritual truth.