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Editor,
Reading
the NEXT newspaper edition
of Wednesday 6, January 2010 a story
that showcased a serving Senator, Mrs.
Eme Ekaette, visiting Governor Akpabio
for support and endorsement in her bid
for second term, I was in terms with the
fact that she would not represent Akwa
Ibom South Senatorial (Eket) district in
the 2011. Judging from her request to,
and reply from, Governor Akpabio, she
should consider more efforts.
Senator
Mrs. Eme Ekaette on the visit to the
governor said “Your Excellency, as I
have stood by you, please also stand by
me and when I stand by you, I beg you to
also support me.” The Senator who
went to canvass the support of the
governor in the forthcoming primaries to
the senate seat further said “I have,
therefore, come to inform you of my
intention to go for a second term and to
most respectfully ask for your fatherly
support and endorsement to enable me
actualize the aspirations and yearnings
of my constituents.” Governor
Akpabio’s response was simply
“Whoever emerges as the senator for Akwa
Ibom
South
Senatorial district at the pools should
carry everyone along.”
If the
governor’s response is not instructive
enough to the Senator, she should
realize that other persons have shown
interest in the seat and they include
Bishop Akpan of the Brotherhood of the
Cross and Star
Church who is the undisputed deputy
chairman of the State PDP. Akpan is a
strong supporter of Governor Akpabio.
Moreover the way NEXT
newspaper put it “Mrs. Ekaette is
better known nationally for her support
for the controversial ‘indecent dressing
bill’ which seeks to prohibit ‘indecent’
dressing in public places”.
I
believe both Senator Ekaette and
Governor Akpabio are deceiving one
another. Take for instance out of
desperation there was a paid
advertisement as a communiqué in
The Punch of 07/10/09 wherein it
was stated of “an enlarged caucus
meeting of the PDP in Akwa Ibom State”
held on Sunday 27/9/09 to endorse
Akpabio remaining in office till 2015;
Mrs. Ekaette’s signature as well as that
of Senator Udo Udoma who was out of the
country then, were among those allegedly
forged as attendees. This forgery is
still fresh in the mind of the public.
Mr.
Kingsley Ikpe Udo,
Plot 213
Goldie Street,
CALABAR,
Cross
River State
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