Akwa Ibom Statesman Condemns Anti-Akpabio Campaign

A respected elder statesman successful Akwa Ibom State and erstwhile lawmaker, Chief Nse Ntuen, has defended the Senate president, Senator Godswill Akpabio, amid what helium described arsenic a “malicious run of lies and idiosyncratic vendetta.”

In a connection issued to journalists yesterday successful Abuja, Chief Ntuen — who has known Akpabio for implicit 50 years — dismissed caller allegations made by Akpabio’s sister-in-law, Mrs Patience Ibanga Akpabio, calling them “baseless, bitter and driven by mischief alternatively than truth.”

Ntuen, a erstwhile president of Essien Udim section authorities country and existent honorary advisor to Governor Umo Eno, condemned the claims circulating successful some accepted and societal media arsenic “an affront to decency, unity, and the values Akwa Ibom radical clasp dear.”

“These allegations, which person nary ground successful information oregon communal sense, are steeped successful idiosyncratic bitterness and deliberate mischief,” Ntuen stated.

“We indispensable ne'er let a civilization of reckless falsehood to regenerate dialog and truth. These claims are not simply offensive; they are a conscious effort to erode the dignity of honorable enactment and to sow unnecessary discord.”  Ntuen aligned himself with the Greater Akpabio Family’s caller unanimous resolution, which reaffirmed its afloat assurance successful Senator Akpabio and described the household arsenic agreed and undivided.

According to him, the family’s presumption “should beryllium considered authoritative and final” connected matters of home concern.

He added that the attacks were not lone directed astatine the idiosyncratic of Akpabio but besides an insult to the estimation of Essien Udim and Akwa Ibom astatine large.

“At a clip erstwhile the Senate President is moving intimately with President Bola Tinubu connected captious legislative reforms for nationalist recovery, it is disheartening to spot specified distractions fueled by falsehoods and selfish ambition,” helium added.

Praising Akpabio’s calm effect to the situation, Ntuen described the Senate President’s soundlessness arsenic a people of maturity and strength, contrasting it with the sensationalism dominating nationalist discourse.

“Leadership is not theatre; it is service,” Ntuen said.

“Senator Akpabio’s calm disposition and tireless enactment successful the 10th Senate person produced tangible results. His committedness to nationalist advancement is the champion rebuttal to baseless allegations.”

The elder statesman urged the public, particularly leaders, to debar reckless commentary and beryllium mindful of the examples they acceptable for aboriginal generations.

He warned that reducing superior nationalist conversations to gossip and innuendo undermines democracy.

“What Nigeria needs contiguous are builders, not destroyers; thinkers, not rumour peddlers,” helium said.

“Senator Akpabio has chosen to beryllium a builder — and past volition vindicate him.”

Chief Ntuen, who besides served arsenic president of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) successful Akwa Ibom, called for unity, peace, and restraint, reiterating his loyalty to Governor Umo Eno and continued enactment for Senator Akpabio.

“We basal with our leader, our brother, and our pride,” Ntuen concluded.

“Those who postulation successful falsehood volition find that information is diligent but enduring. Let our absorption stay connected the task of nation-building.”