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| L-R: Miss Ukung and Mr Attah |
Efio-Ita Nyok|17 August 2017
Ukung Iye Alawa, the Vice President of National Association of Cross River State Students (NACRISS) Worldwide has declined membership of the fledgling Young Progressives Party (YPP) NegroidHaven can report.
NegroidHaven got wind of what transpired recently between Miss Ukung and one Mr Anthony Attah. Four days ago the NACRISS WW chieftain met with the wooing YPP rooter at the Cross River State capital city as he made frantic efforts to convert the unsuspecting poet to his political party. She declined insisting that she is a card carrying member of the PDP.
Her words reads in part, ‘I settled to meet someone
His name is Anthony Bissong Attah
‘We met opposite Calabar Municipality, it was really nice to meet him. At least I got to know Etung does not just have one way in and out.
‘Also we talked on school, politics and geopolitical zones (I can’t believe this)
‘Then he wanted to cajole me into joining YPP, I told him I’m a card carrying member of PDP.’
What’s of interest to NegroidHaven in the whole experience is how Miss Ukung captured what transpired between her and Mr Attah especially when she narrated thus: ‘he wanted to CAJOLE me into joining YPP…'(emphasise is mine). To cajole, according to Merriam-Websters Dictionary, is ‘to persuade with flattery…to deceive with soothing words or false promises’. Could this be true? Could Mr Attah belittle himself to this level?
It’s pertinent I ask this question because, of late, it’s come to my notice that some elements in the YPP in Cross River State are allegedly ‘cajoling’ (thanks to Miss Ukung) unsuspecting members of the public: I have heard that they say ‘the YDP, that is, Young Democratic Party, has changed their name to YPP, that is, Young Progressives Party’ which is outright lies!
They have conveted the secretariat of the YDP claiming it’s YPP’s, they have the financial aid other properties of the YDP in their possession, not wanting to let go. A recent experience between the leadership of YPP and the Office of the Special Assistant to the Governor of Cross River State on Interparty Affairs, which I am yet to talk about, us a case in point.
Thank God Miss Ukung was smart enough, despite being young, to discern the cajoler in Mr Attah. Some are regrettably in the net of the cajoling propensity of the deceptive Attah. Hmmm!
Efio-Ita Nyok
Is a Blogger, the Editor & Publisher of NegroidHaven
