Akwa Ibom Denies Withdrawal Of Ex-Governor Emmanuel’s Security Details

Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information, Hon. Aniekan Umanah, has dismissed arsenic the withdrawal of information details of erstwhile Governor Udom Emmanuel.

Umanah described a media study accusing the incumbent Governor Umo Eno of withdrawing his predecessor’s information implicit irreconcilable governmental disagreement arsenic “inflammatory and concocted lies”.

The alleged governmental rift linked to the important 2027 elections, according to the report, has forced Governor Eno to retreat information details attached to the erstwhile governor’s residence.

Elder Umanah, however, waved the study disconnected arsenic insubstantial of lies borne retired of the imaginativeness of its purveyors, describing the narration betwixt his brag and Emmanuel arsenic usually cordial.

Speaking successful an interrogation connected Sunday, Umanah said “There’s nary specified thing,” explaining that the question of deployment oregon redeployment of information details is not wrong the purview of the governor, but resides with the Inspector General of Police and the Commissioner of Police.

Describing specified work arsenic a deliberate fabrication aimed astatine distracting the politician connected his avowed ngo to present the dividends of ideology to the people, Umanah, vowed that the politician would not beryllium distracted.

“Such study is mendacious and misleading. The politician didn’t retreat information unit attached to erstwhile Governor Udom Emmanuel oregon immoderate different erstwhile politician of the State.

“The deployment, reassignment, oregon withdrawal of constabulary officers is the exclusive work of the IGP and the Commissioner of Police successful each state, and not the work of immoderate governor.

“I tin archer you connected bully authorization that the politician did not contented immoderate directive to retreat information operatives from the immediate-past governor. All erstwhile governors of Akwa Ibom State are entitled to, and proceed to enjoy, their information details arsenic approved by law.

“To the champion of our knowledge, determination has been nary ailment oregon study from immoderate erstwhile politician oregon their media aides astir the withdrawal of information personnel. The rumour exists lone successful the imaginativeness of those peddling it,” Umanah added.

He, therefore, urged members of the nationalist to disregard the “baseless propaganda”, reaffirming that “the bid -loving politician remains focused connected promoting peace, unity, and bully governance crossed the State.”

“Governor Eno volition proceed to guarantee that each citizens, careless of governmental affiliation bask the afloat extortion and benefits of the law,” Umanah assured.