Leave Akpabio alone, A/Ibom govt
cautions Gumi, others
The Akwa Ibom State Government has_
cautioned the Islamic cleric, Sheikh
Ahmad Gumi to leave Governor Godswill
Akpabio out of his quarrel against
President Goodluck Jonathan, while
accusing him of inciting Nigerians
against the President.
A recent statement credited to Gumi
had quoted the Islamic cleric as having
adviced President Jonathan to withdraw
from the Presidential race and give
way to Akpabio to “finish” for him.
Reacting to the Gumi’s position, the
Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for
Information and Communications,_ Mr
Aniekan Umanah, said Gumi’s advice was
a disparaging commentary on the
effort of President Jonathan in piloting
the affairs of the nation.
According to Umanah, “Even more
worrisome is the wild insinuation that
the President is responsible for the
Boko Haram insurgency in spite of the
efforts of the President in curbing
security challenges and particularly the
recent negotiation and cease fire
agreement intended to bring an end to
insurgency in some parts of the
country:.
The Commissioner for said Gumi’s
comments would have been ignored if
he had not dragged in the name of
Akpabio as possible replacement to
President Jonathan, a view Umanah
described as absurd and a ploy to
create a wedge between the Akwa Ibom
State Governor and the Presidency by
politicians. According to Umanah,. “This
of course, follows a similar pattern of_
structured falsehood by certain
renegades among the political class,
especially some governorship aspirants
in Akwa Ibom State, who believe that
their sure way to getting into power in
2015 is to portray Akpabio in bad light
in order to incite the Presidency
against him.
“For the umpteenth time, we wish to
state unequivocally that Governor
Godswill Akpabio is not interested in_
running for the office of President of
Nigeria in 2015, but to assiduously work
towards the electoral victory of
President Goodluck Jonathan and the
PDP in the 2015 general elections.