Former Senate Minority leader,
Godswill Obot Akpabio has denied allegations that he called the All
Progressives Congress (APC) evil and was considering returning to the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).
In a press release on Thursday
night, signed by his Special Assistant on media, Anietie Ekong, Senator Akpabio
disclosed that he had no regret whatsoever for the decision he took as a
nationalist to join the APC.
He maintained that he was rigged
out of the race for re-election as Senator but will reclaim his mandate at the
tribunal.
The statement reads: “The
attention of the Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District,
His Excellency, Senator Godswill Akpabio, CON has been drawn to a malevolent
quote dripping with malice and falsehood attributed to him in the social media
thus: ‘I was a Commissioner for eight years and Governor for eight years under
PDP, but now I have only spent three months and I am finished politically, what
type of evil party is this?’
“We wish to state without fear of
contradiction that this is the concoction by whoever authored it. The assertion
is factually inaccurate.
“Chief Godswill Akpabio never
served as a Commissioner for eight years so he could never have so claimed nor
could he have described his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) as ‘evil
party.’
“Distinguished Senator Akpabio
has no regret whatsoever for the decision he took as a nationalist to join the
All Progressives Congress and lend his support to President Muhammadu Buhari,
whom he sees as an upright leader with the interest of the generality of the
Nigerian people, especially the masses at heart.
“Given similar circumstances and
situations, Senator Akpabio would still take the same decision over and over
again. He has no apology for his resolve.
“As the National Coordinator of
the Presidential Support Committee and the South-South Director of the
Presidential Campaign Council during the last general elections, Senator
Akpabio is proud to have worked with other Progressives for the re-election of
President Buhari. He remains a committed member of the APC and will join hands
and work with the President in any way to move the country forward.
“There is no gainsaying that
Senator Akpabio was rigged out of the race for re-election as Senator to
represent the good people of Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. He’s
presently at the Election Petition Tribunal to reclaim his stolen mandate and
has the support of his party, the APC. He has implicit confidence in the
judiciary to restore his mandate.
“The quote attributed to him is
the handiwork of political jobbers and mischief–makers, who in recent times
have elevated political propaganda to high art.
“The general public should
discountenance these shenanigans trying, albeit unsuccessfully, to malign the
integrity of Senator Akpabio.”
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