Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief
Godswill Akpabio has denied nursing an ambition to become president or vice-president
of the country in 2015,
According to the state government has
stated that there was no iota of truth in the allegations, describing them as
an “invidious campaign of calumny and blackmail.”
In a statement signed by the
Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, the state government said
the smear campaign, which had been on in the print, electronic and social media
as well as internet and bulk SMS, was part of a conspiracy to misrepresent
Akpabio and thereby cause tension in the polity.
“For the avoidance of doubt, we wish
to state in clear and unambiguous terms that Governor Godswill Akpabio is not interested
in, and is not nursing any presidential or vice-presidential ambition,” the
statement said, adding that Akpabio had been known as “The Promise Keeper”
because he was known to always keep his words and he had expressed it several
times that he had no presidential or vice-presidential ambition.
The statement called on the
president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan; his wife, Patience; the Governors’ Forum; the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Nigerians to “discountenance the evil
conspiracy and campaign of lies and falsehood.”
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