By Francis Etuko

The member representing Uyo/Uruan/ Nsit Atai/ Ibesikpo Asutan Federal Constituencies, Hon. Michael Enyong has drawn the attention of Nigerians to the mischief of those he terms political assassins who are bent on destroying his well established political carrier and rising profile in Akwa Ibom politics by generating false internet pictures with the claim that he allegedly impregnated a certain woman whom he paid off to terminate a pregnancy.

Speaking with some journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, Hon Enyong said “no amount such pictures would cow him from going on with his policy of reaching out to his constituents who have never had it so good in the history of representation constituencies under his watch have been receiving”.

The Akwa Ibom lawmaker while explaining to newsmen the mischief perpetrated by his political enemies explained that some persons opened a facebook account with the fictitious name” Emem Etinah”, with which hatchets job of damaging his political image were being done.

According to him, an internet generated picture of an expectant mother from the website of the World Health Organization, WHO was circulated on the internet by a fictitious blog post, where it was reported that the lawmaker got a woman (Reginald Christopher) pregnant and had paid her three hundred thousand naira (N300,000.00) to terminate the pregnancy which the woman in question failed to do, the woman was said to have emerged again to blackmail the lawmaker forcing him to path with another seven hundred thousand naira (N700,000.00).

Enyong at the briefing on Tuesday evening showed journalists the pictures of three expectant women with the woman from the far right position wearing a pink T-shirt, said to be his alleged estranged mistress. The picture in question was actually lifted from the WHO website and was used to explain how Women in Africa were successfully taking malaria drugs without having side-effects.

His words “I did not want to react to these whole issue but my friends and well wishers have advised I at least do a rejoinder to set the record straight. I am seeing pictures of a woman whom they claim is named Reginald Christopher”.

“The whole story emanated from a fake face book account of one Emem Etinah, we began to do some search, what they did was to mechanically lift the picture of the young woman and skewed a story to give the impression that I impregnated her. The whole story is false”.

“ The woman in question is using a pseudo name, but being a member of a very strategic committee in the House of Representatives I had to deploy the mechanism of some security agencies who dug into the matter, before it was finally discovered that some mischief makers were at work”.

“People should ask Emem Etinah what do you stand to gain? If people feel I am a threat to them, then let’s meet on the field”

“In as much as I want this to die out naturally, it is only rational that I insist that the security agencies get to the bottom of this particular development”

“Anyway, I forgive them, because I know that they won’t attempt this kind of prank again”.

WATCHDOG news however discovered that some politicians who are not happy with the action of Enyong may be behind the matter.

Our investigation uncovered the fact that the lawmaker recently endorsed a different candidate for the State House of Assembly, due to what Enyong termed non performance of the house member presently occupying the seat.

When confronted on the matter the lawmaker simply clarified “ I represent my people well and if I cannot deliver my four wards in the next election due to non performance of a certain person then I don’t know local politics”

“The primary assignment of a lawmaker is to make laws, the issue with empowerment is secondary, if as a lawmaker I have no record of ever sponsoring a motion or bringing a Bill for approval, then tell me what am I doing here, it’s that simple”. He said


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