11/03/2023
In the viral video of Sandy Onor (a professor of history and the PDP gubernatorial candidate), he claimed that the South has produced more VCs than the Central.
Fact check: False! The South has produced only 3 Vice Chancellors, same with the Central. Except he wants to add the non-indigenous VC to the South list.
He also claimed that of all the VCs produced, the Ejaghams in the South have been marginalized.
Fact check: This is a clear case of a man who does not even know what he represents.
Of all the VCs produced by the South, all have been of the Ejagham extraction. Not even one came from the Efik stock.
1. Prof. Solomon Unoh (Biase, even though he became VC and former Civilian Deputy Governor to a Military Government when Biase had not been created from Akamkpa in the 1980s).
2. Prof. Ivara Ejemot Esu (Biase, also current Deputy Governor, VC Unical in the 2000s).
3. Prof. Charles Effiong (Oban - Ejagham Akamkpa, 1990 - 1995 or so).
4. Prof. Asuquo with a maternal lineage (Calabar Qua Ejagham, VC Unical in the 2000s) but an Akwa Ibom paternal lineage.
We understand that Sandy Onor’s intention is to weep off ethnic sentiment in the South, by painting a picture that the Efiks have greatly marginalized the Ejaghams, thereby shredding the Southern hegemony to deny the South their turn.
Meanwhile in the central, he is selling them another story of taking the seat of Government from Calabar to Ikom as a way of giving strength to the activities in the central.
While in the North he is telling them that immediately after his 8years, power will be given to their Ogoja born Senator.
Rather than they wait for 16 years, he will make it happen in 8years.
All of this, just to have his way to Perigrino without any iota of idea on what exactly he will do for the state other than his many printable shenanigan and self glorifying claptraps.
Andrea Ekeng