The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr.Udom Emmanuel has unveiled his Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources Rev. Umo Eno as his preferred successor.

Governor Emmanuel unveiled Umo Eno on Sunday night during a meeting with some political stakeholders in the State and interested aspirants for the governorship post, including National Assembly members.

The announcement ended months of speculations and tension in the State over Emmanuel’s preferred successor.

Former Governor Victor Attah and some fathers of Faith, an association of influential church leaders in the State, it was gathered, influenced the Governor’s preference for the Commissioner.

The Governor had invited some party elders, including some of those nursing gubernatorial ambitions to the Governor’s lodge without disclosing the meeting’s agenda to them.