PRESIDENT BUHARI AKWA IBOM ELDER STATESMEN B. President Muhammadu Buhari (M) flanked by the Former Majority Leader and Fomer Governor of the State, Senator Godswill Akpabio and SSAP To National Assembly (Senate) Senator Ita Enangduring an audience with Akwa Ibom Elder Statesmen held at the Council Chamber, State House Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. SEPT 17 2018
Godswill Akpabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom state, says his heart was with President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 election.
Akpabio, who served his two terms as governor under the PDP, was chairman of the PDP governors’ forum in 2015.
Speaking when he led elders from the state to President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, Akpabio said Buhari would win the 2019 election.
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The former governor, who was the senate minority leader, said there would be no be defection that will affect the chances of the APC in the forthcoming elections.
Akpabio boasted that Akwa Ibom will be the first state from the south-south that the APC will win in 2019.
He said what is left of the PDP in Akwa Ibom is a mere carcass as the body and soul of the party had joined the APC.
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He added that over 266,000 new members had registered with the APC since he joined.
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A welcome development from uncommon defector.
the statement by Akpabio of neglect of Akwa Ibom under PDP shows how irresponsible Nigerian politicians are. This is a man that ruled (ruined) that state for eight years as governor with his “uncommon” projects and programmes that saw the total squandering of state resources is now talking of the state being neglected. The question is by who?
It is only in Nigeria men of Akpabio talk and people listen. The truth is that his statement amounts to admitting he wasted the state resources the sensible thing to do is for the apostles of integrity and anti corruption to call Akpabio to come and explain what happen to the resources of the state under him for eight years of locust he was in charge.