The governor of Akwa Ibom state has rained
curses on governorship aspirants who he has not endorsed for the 2015 governors contest in
the state, referring to them as enemies who
betrayed him. He equally pronounced death on all his perceived
opponents, stating that none of them had any
reason to fall out with him, because he raised and
empowered them all. Akpabio in a fit of anger likened the aspirants as
Lucifer and the Biblical Absalom who betrayed God
and King David respectively, averring that none of
the governorship aspirants would get the chance
to rule Akwa Ibom state as they had desired. The governor poured anger on perceived
opponents to his alleged plan to install a candidate
of his choice as the next governor of Akwa Ibom
during a ground breaking ceremony for the
construction of a new Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) state Secretariat in Uyo last Thursday. Akpabio in his speech at the event took a step
further by pronouncing death and great
misfortune over those who fell out with him
politically in the state, alleging betrayal on their
paths. He coerced all guests present during the ceremony
to chorus amen as he openly rained curses on his
perceived opponents. Although the angry governor did not drop any
name, those who at one point or the other, fell out
with him politically in the state include, Patrick
Ekpotu, Nsima Ekere, Senator Alloysious Etuk and
Bassey Albert. Others include Chief Don Etiebet, Umana Okon
Umana, Senator Bob Effiong, Ambassador Assam
Assam, Hon Bernard Udoh and a host of others. Akpabio has also been in a running battle with
Obong Victor Attah, his predecessor, business
guru and first class engineer, Chief Ime Umanah,
Architect Otu Ita Toyo and a host of elderstatesmen
in the state He said to the crowd during the ceremony, “Those
who want to take power through the backdoor
will die. They will die! And the PDP will continue. In Akwa Ibom State, those who want to betray,
who were supposed to be our political children, of
course they will end like Absalom. But if they
changed their minds, then they will obtain favour
from the sight of God. “Almighty God recognized that even the people he
worked with, and called them angels, that one of
them was going to betray him, and that was
Lucifer. What did God do? He threw him out of
heaven. Has he entered Heaven till today?


“You empower your children so that they will be a
pride to you. You don’t empower them so that they
come and betray you. That is the lot of the World.” Akpabio delved into the scriptures to buttress his
point on the curses he was raining, stating, "I go
back into the Bible, I saw the story of Absalom.
And I said may God take away the spirit of
Absalom from our midst. “Who was Absalom? The son of David, the father
trained him and empowered him as the would-be
King of Israel. Because of impatience, Absalom
wanted to take over before the age of 30. He
wanted to kill King David. And the King said, leave
him to his fate. “Did it end well with Absalom? (Crowd response:
Nooooo!) As a young man, he died, while his
father continued”. The National Chairman of PDP who was present at
the occasion refrained from making comments on
the governor’s vituperations against his perceived
enemies. Mu’Azu in his speech only entreated the PDP
supporters in Akwa Ibom to continue their
support for President Goodluck Jonathan who he
said has been battling hard to contain insecurity
problem in Nigeria. Alluding to the rampaging activities of terrorists in
Nigeria, the PDP Chairman said, “We must continue
to pray for them to be converted so that Nigeria
will not only remain strong united country, but a
strong united country that will rightfully take up its
leadership role in the comity of nations.









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