Members of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) from Akwa Ibom state, under the aegis of Akwa Ibom Progressives
Watch, have petitioned the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole,
protesting the defection of Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, to the
party.
In a letter dated August 3, 2018,
and addressed to the APC national chairman, the group said it had noted with
deep concern the broad chorus of disapproval and complete despondency amongst
different strata of members of the APC in Akwa Ibom state over the defection of
Akpabio to the party.
The letter endorsed by Innocent
Sylvanus, Chairman and Ubong Victor, Secretary, read in part: “Our group is an
integrity watch team whose support for the APC is driven by the party’s change
agenda, the fight against corruption as well as the near immaculate personality
of the leader of the Party, President Muhammadu Buhari.
“We metamorphosed from Ibom
Transparency Watch under the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), working
assiduously in the last seven years to entrench in the party sterling values,
such as integrity, justice, accountability and transparency, which are lacking
in our political system.
“Hence, we have been on the watch
so that such persons with tendencies which violate these values are not found
tip-toeing around our party.
“For this reason, we feel sad, so
are most members of the APC in Akwa Ibom State who looked up to our party as
institution that will evict moral pervers as Senator Godswill Akpabio from
position of authority, by the admission of Senator Godswill Akpabio into our
party.
“Senator Akpabio who is now
seeking asylum in the APC called our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, very
unprintable names during the 2015 electioneering.
“He ordered the immediate closure
of the Ibom Airport on the day Buhari, who was then the presidential flag –
bearer of our party visited Akwa Ibom State.
“After our President won the 2015
election despite all their antics, Akpabio encouraged former President Goodluck
Jonathan to challenge Buhari’s election victory in court.”
The group also informed
Oshiomhole that Akpabio polarised ethnicity to its zenith in his bid to
annihilate the Ibibio majority, and destroy the Oro ethnic nationality, when he
was governor of Akwa Ibom State.
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