Senator Godswill Akpabio has berated some Akwa Ibom All
Progressives Congress, APC, leaders in the State for not truly working for its
success but rushing to claim success in Abuja.
Akpabio, who is the National Vice Chairman of the APC
Presidential Campaign Council, said those leaders whom he described as “Abuja
politicians” shout Tinubu in the day and Atiku in the night.
He noted that he was particularly aware of one of them who
had publicly endorsed the PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and a PDP
Senatorial candidate but would rush to Uyo to claim chairman of the party.
Akpabio further noted that someone in the APC, poised to
destabilize the party for the benefit of PDP, instituted seven cases in court
against his party’s governorship candidate, Akanimo Udofia.
This was contained in a press statement signed by Akpabio’s
Chief Press Secretary, Mr Jackson Udom and sent to journalists in Uyo, Akwa
Ibom State.
Hee said Akpabio made the revelation, weekend, while
receiving the leadership of about 250 Presidential Support Groups in Ikot
Ekpene Local Government Area of the State.
The statement quoted Akpabio to have promised to personally
support any other support group in the State with genuine interest to work for
the APC.
The statement reads in part, “I have heard of several other
groups being set up within the party by other party leaders. I am not against
it, so long as they are being set up in support of the party and our Presidential
candidate. I will personally support and attend their meetings anytime I am
around in the State.
“I will not support a situation where some leaders of the
party in the State would be shouting Asiwaju in the day and PDP (Atiku) in the
night.
“I am very much aware of a particular person in our party,
who has publicly endorsed the governorship candidate of the PDP and its
Senatorial candidate, but would rush down to Uyo to say I am the chairman of
the rally for Tinubu. Which Tinubu are you talking about?”
Describing the groups as the real supporters of the APC in
the State, the former governor said anybody who would not embrace the groups is
not a politician, stressing that no matter how he identifies with the centre,
he would always identify with the grassroots.
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