Everyday, Nigerians Find The Steam To Place Themselves In A Position Of Political Relevance Through Open Letters To Public Office Holders. From Sanusi's Cry For Remittances From NNPC To Obasanjo's Attention Seeking Advice To President Jonathan. Rejoinders From Kashamu, And Nuhu Ribadu And The Keyboard Crazy Fani Kayode, We Have Seen More Nigerians Trying Out Literatures As A Bait To Get Public Sympathy And Political Ties. Here I Stumbled On One Written By An Akwa Ibom Man And Published On Global Concord Of 12th December, 2013. Enjoy!!!
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A LETTER TO SECRETATY UDOM EMMANUEL

This letter could have been sent to you in private, but because issues in this letter matter so much to the people of Akwa Ibom State, I decided to share it with them through the public media.
Before others come to tell you all sorts of stories about me, let me tell you how I feel about Godswill Obot Akpabio. I don’t like Akpabio. I don’t like his attitude and I don’t like his behaviors. A few days ago when I made the mistake to click on a YouTube video and heard the voice of Akpabio delivering a speech, I almost destroyed my computer screen in disgust; that is how much I hate Akpabio.
It is on record that Godswill Akpabio wants you as his successor. Have you ever wondered why Akpabio will forgo all those who have stood by him, work for him, and do all his evil biddings since 2007, to come and settle on you as his choice for the Hilltop Mansion? For years, Bassey Albert Akpan, Barrister Ntekim and many others have helped sustain the criminal activities of Akpabio. Have you stopped one day to ponder why Akpabio does not trust any of such inner members of his cabinet to be his successor?
I am aware that several acquaintances of yours have contacted and pleaded with you to tell Akpabio that you are not interested in succeeding him. But you have waived aside the good advice of those people because it is very likely that you are just as power-hungry as Godswill Akpabio. That may be the reason you fail to read the handwriting on the wall which indicates that Akpabio is trying to use you to accomplish his heinous goals and objectives.
Let me tell you something, Godswill Akpabio does not give a damn about you. He wants to exploit you to his advantage and after he knows that you are no longer useful to him, he will discard you like sacks of potatoes and will definitely make sure that your career is ruined and your future destroyed, because that is who Akpabio is.
Akpabio may pat you on the back and call you “my brother” in front of everyone. In reality, he is laying down the invisible bombs that will, sooner or later, detonate on your face. There is nothing you will do for Akpabio that other well-intentioned Akwa Ibom people did not do.
I don’t need to go into details here; what will you do for Akpabio that Senator John Udoedehe did not do? What will you do for Akpabio that Obong Victor Attah did not do? What are you going to do for Akpabio that Ime Umana did not do? And how much money are you going to give Akpabio that Umana Okon Umana did not donate towards his gubernatorial election in 2007?
Here is the question; where are all these men now and what are their relationships with Akpabio today? The purpose of this letter is to recommend that you reject the offer made to you by Akpabio to succeed him. First of all, you will never win the election and Akpabio knows it. There is opposition against you, much more than you know or are willing to admit. No member of Akpabio’s inner circle will support you. You may not know that behind you, members of his inner circles are putting pressure on Akpabio to drop you. Chief amongst those that are wedging a stiff opposition and pressuring Akpabio to let go of you is Bassey Albert Akpan because he feels grossed that Akpabio has gone out to bring in an outsider to fill the office in which people like Bassey Albert believes strongly that it belongs to them. It will not take long before Akpabio succumbs to the pressure being exerted on him by his advisers.
I do not know you, other than what I have read on the media. But nearly everyone I have spoken with tends to say good things about you. No matter how nice they say you are, Akwa Ibom people do not want you as their governor. Perhaps if you had come out to contest on your own, there might have been a possibility for you to win, but because you are being fronted by Akpabio, the people will definitely reject you. They will reject you because Akpabio is the most hated man in Akwa Ibom State; therefore, anything from him, of him, and about him will be rejected by the people.
Ibibio people don’t want you. Ekid people don’t want you. Oro nation don’t want you. The Annangs don’t want you. No interest group in Akwa Ibom State is will to support you as their next governor. They are asking where you were hiding when Akpabio was busy killing their fathers, their brothers, sisters, cousins, and uncles. They are asking where you hid your voice of condemnation against the assassination of Edidem James Obot, Mamma Udonwa, Chief Paul Inyang, and Barrister Udonwa to name only a few.
Sir, at your convenience, please scroll down to the bottom of this letter and at least casually scan through the list of some of the victims of Godswill Akpabio since he was (s)elected as the governor of Akwa Ibom State in 2007.
By looking at the list, you may be able to understand why Akwa Ibom people do not want you or anyone who will be fronted by Akpabio. By selecting you to succeed him, many people are afraid that you will do to them exactly what Akpabio did, especially when, in one of your recent speeches, you mentioned that if elected, you will continue the “good work” of Akpabio; the thought of only those two words alone is in itself very scary!
I could have written more, but I did not want to belabor my readers with a lengthy letter. But let me reiterate what I wrote above; do not accept the offer to you by Akpabio to succeed him. It will never happen and Akpabio will end up destroying you.
Finally, here are some words of wisdom (not religion);
“The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice. A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult”. Proverbs 12:15-16 (NIV).


Thompson Esseien
The Voice of the Poor Masses
Defender of the Oppressed
Social Critic
A native of Ibibio nation of Ubium Republic extraction, now living in the safe and beautiful city of Portland, Oregon, where no AKPF, ADUMA, ADV, and Akwa Ibom State politicians cant reach.