The controversy surrounding the eligibility of an Akwa Ibom State governorship aspirant, Udom  Emmanuel, to contest the 2015 election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was, at the weekend, laid to rest, as the party confirmed that the aspirant has met all the requirements to vie on its platform.

Speculations were rife that the aspirant did not meet the party’s requirement for the office, a development engendered by those opposed to his candidature; but the party’s Zonal Screening Committee dismissed the speculation in Port Harcourt on Saturday and cleared the former Zenith Bank Executive Director to contest in the primary elections of the party in Akwa Ibom State.

The party’s governorship primary election is scheduled for December 8, 2014. Emmanuel was accompanied to the zonal secretariat by party elders, stakeholders and campaign coordinators.

The immediate past secretary to the Akwa Ibom State Government arrived at the party’s office at about 10.55am and was warmly received by a large crowd of party faithful and supporters.