Shock, anger and disbelief are still in the air in Akwa Ibom following Senator Godswill Akpabio’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) which is set to be formalized on Thursday.

[b]Meanwhile, key stakeholders in the state have reportedly abandoned Senator Akpabio as he moves to the APC.

The former Senate Minority Leader was until his decampment and the drama surrounding it, the political leader of Akwa Ibom State, an active participant since 1999 and a Godfather to several political enthusiasts in his state.

His surprising move to APC has created a political reshuffle in Akwa Ibom state by draining his primary cult following and stripping him of his leadership status as state leaders, stakeholders and his former loyalists believe he has betrayed them and bowed to external pressure from the Presidency.

Akpabio’s defection has altered the political balance of Akwa Ibom but surely not to his favor. His predecessor and current political enemy, former Akwa Ibom Governor Victor Obong Attah currently holds the APC state structure in Akwa Ibom, a structure that was cemented when Udoma Bob Ekarika, Ubong Attah’s son in law was sworn in as the State Party Chairman in May 2018[/b].

The former gubernatorial flag bearer of the party Umana Okon Umana who served as former Finance Commissioner under Ubong Attah and as Secretary to the State Government to Akpabio for 6 years was his most widely speculated successor before Akpabio sacked him and Brought the present Governor(Udom Emmanuel) to replace him as SSG. Umana and Akpabio fell out and Umana contested for the office under the APC and currently has a strong alliance with Victor Ubong Attah.

Another enemy Akpabio faces is Nsima Ekere whom Akpabio picked to become his deputy Governor in 2011 before the duo fell out. With only 17 months and two days in office, Mr. Ekere has had the shortest tenure as deputy governor in Nigeria’s history.

Nsima still went ahead to purchase the PDP nomination in 2014 and contest the primaries which he lost to Emmanuel Udom, the chosen one of Akpabio. Nsima struck a Truce with Umana Umana in 2015.

Political analysts wonder if Godswill Akpabio, a man who loves to lead, will superintend over Victor Ubong Attah, Nsima Ekere, Umana Umana and Udoma Bob Ekarila as leader?

To prove that his defection to the APC was not welcome by the State Chapter, only two commissioners from Governor Udom’s cabinet met him at the airport on his arrival into Uyo as other commissioners continue meetings with the State Governor to keep the oil rich state on track.

One of the two commissioners who decamped with him is his own brother Ibanga Akpabio, Commissioner for Labour and Power who Emmanuel Udom appointed to appease his former power hungry boss.

Most of the few decampees are from Akpabio’s Ikot Ekpene federal constituency consisting of three Local Governments. Another from his senatorial zone is Honorable Emmanuel Ekon who is embroiled in personal battles and has lost grip of PDP stakeholders in his constituency.

There have also been concerns that for a man who built a political career by making enemies instead of friends in his home state, the impact of Akpabio’s defection will be rarely felt.


http://www.signalng.com/deserted-akpabios-loyalists-in-akwa-ibom-reject-him-and-his-move-to-the-apc/

una cup of tea, pls wake me if the thing hit fp

PDP and propaganda, Akpabio himself can testify to this

Mmmm Akpabio of all people in PDP?
Mmmm.... politics is indeed a dirty game?
U guys will sit there and be blaming him for this defection but u don't know that it was the fear of EFCC that made him to do so...


See, he may be smiling to the camera but l tell u, he is not with his real senses!
Take my words...
In this dictatorial regime, the fear of EFCC is the beginning of shouting APC is the best political party that can even take you to heaven.



If u think l am lying, ask those in the EFCC net.

AllTheWayUp:
Akpabio u are now on ur own
Na only u waka come
Akwa IBOM is PDP
PDP is Akwa Ibom

Buhari zombies can quote me till 2019

Akapabio is a goner in Akwa Ibom
His time is up

Efulefu Lost sheep

AllTheWayUp:
Akpabio u are now on ur own
Na only u waka come
Akwa IBOM is PDP
PDP is Akwa Ibom

Buhari zombies can quote me till 2019

Actually I support you 100 percent

IllegalMoney:
Akwa Ibom is PDP

I dey ur back

Baawaa:
PDP and propaganda, Akpabio himself can testify to this

Mtcheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew

Abandon that greedy fool. the voice of the people cannot be that of Akpabio

Gv

Let me leak this secret since everybody is still worried about Akpabio's defection. Sen Akpabio's body has just left PDP but not with his spirit. So he is having a dual party membership card.

On a second thought, who will not defect when that's the only way to appease the gods in APC to stay. But I pray, sincerely adhere to the terms of agreement and not turn to rubbish him after decamping.

Lol

AKPABIO IS A DISGRACE TO THE PEOPLE OF IKOT EKPENE FROM WHERE HE HAILS.


SS HAVE DISSOCIATE THEMSELVES FROM HIM.


AKWA IBOMITE HAVE DISSOCIATE THEMSELVES FROM HIM.


AKWA IBOM PEOPLE DONT WANT HIM TO BRING BOKO HARAM HERDSMEN TO THEIR STATE, SO THEY HAVE REJECTED HIM.


HE IS A LONE SOLDIER ON A SUICIDE MISSION.


AKPABIO POLITICAL CAREER IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL, HE IS NOW AN OBJECT OF REPROACH.


A MAN OUT TO SELL THE DESTINY OF AKWA IBOMITE FOR A MESS OF PORRIDGE, AT THE HAND OF THE SONS OF USMAN DAN FODIO OF FUTA JALLON.


AKPABIO HAVE NO ELECTORAL VALUE.


1) AMAECHI DEFECTED AS GOV, YET APC DID NOT TAKE RIVERS.


2)UDOM IS NOW FULLY IN CHARGE OF PDP IN AKWA IBOM.


3) SS PEOPLE HAVE A PHOBIA OF APC, THUS AKWA IBOMITE WILL NOT DEFECT WITH AKPABIO.


4) EFCC IS THE REAL REASON FOR AKPABIO DEFECTION, NOTHING ELSE.

The confusion in Akwa Ibom right now

This useless and stupiid copy and paste bloggers, OP go make a proper research and edit this nonesense. Obong Attah doesn't the party structure not even in his ward which he's been losing everytime, he's not even a member of apc so go get ur fact right. Secondly bob Ekarika is not the party chair he's one of the disgruntle and aggrived member who was mulling defection over to PDP after ekere and co hijacked the delegates structure to installed Engr. Ini OKopido. AKPABIO is useless and history will not recon well wid him.they

Zombies living in faraway Ogbomoso are definitely with him.

They will tell you how kenneth okwonkwo and Akpabio will win South East for Buhari

How APC will win in Rivers, Otuoke and the whole Niger Delta.

Apc kills faster than hiv.

Akpabio left uyo as Senate minority leader. Today he is ordinary senator him never see any thing now na morning!

Akpabio was heard shouting at Sheraton hotel "you apc people cannot decive me! You promised 55 senators are behind me! Now I come to meeting to see only 30!

I posted something here on nairaland here, some party loyalist are mailing me direct busying calling me names, this is what I wrotes , tell me if what I wrote here is wrong

Never understand why this country is full of mess, we don't have bad leaders but bad citizens, yet we are calling for the head of our leaders, its because we can't think with our brains,tribalism, individual corruption is making the country to go backwards. people love to celebrate mediocrity, the last time gej wrote something on his Facebook last 3 days, people are crying, clamouring for him to come back, wat gej did for Nigeria to Make him a superhuman ?,if not because of tribalism, every project they executes isn't from their personal pocket money but its what they must do. Nigeria is no where a standard of egypt not to talk of South Africa, all Nigeria leaders are corrupt for goodness sake,IBB is the architect of the downfalls of Nigeria, but if any government try to persecute him,his people will rise and fight for him, even the one that hardly eat one meal a day will protest and defend him,this people are living large and taken every individual citizen for granted secretly,some people will even come online to defend them as well,some of their family will never defend their parents, because they are satisfied with their life's and they are living on every citizen entitlement, but you will keep shouting PDP APC while your family are living in abject poverty and you are fighting for them without getting kobo even the person doesn't know you or any of your family , APC are bad but the most corrupted one (PDP) Are using every tactics to come back to power and destroy it more because they are broke.
Some of their allies will come online to say something good about their parties and fight their enemies , but the myopic ones will keep liking their posts and started fighting.Gej or Buhari or others will never send their kids to best university in Nigeria here while you that are fighting for them find it difficult to gain admission into polytechnic, even if you got admission, you may end up in dropping out, while you as a graduate haven't got the job of your dream, but yet you are fond of defending this crooks and you want to move forward as a person?.you are even praying everyday for you to be granted a visa to white people country where you are not welcome, why are u running away?, what is in other countries that can not be created here,those people that beautify their country that you are praying for has sacrifice their time to make the future better for their kids not for you, no god you are praying to make their country look attractive but they use their brain. stop supporting corruption and you will see how your country will stand out, The best solution for Nigeria is for every tribes to go their way or restructuring(if its gonna work).. You will see them fighting everyday, know that they are not fighting for u or for the love of the country, but they are fighting for their families and their family future.White people will take advantage of you because you are dull in brain as a black and some wise ones among you will also take advantage of you, shameless, brainless black people,all what they know is to go to place of worship to shouts and keep waiting for nonsense judgement to befall those people that cheated them.

The jobless aggressive lazy idiotic pigs of Biafra terrorist will not sleep tonite

AllTheWayUp:
Shock, anger and disbelief are still in the air in Akwa Ibom following Senator Godswill Akpabio’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) which is set to be formalized on Thursday.

[b]Meanwhile, key stakeholders in the state have reportedly abandoned Senator Akpabio as he moves to the APC.

The former Senate Minority Leader was until his decampment and the drama surrounding it, the political leader of Akwa Ibom State, an active participant since 1999 and a Godfather to several political enthusiasts in his state.

His surprising move to APC has created a political reshuffle in Akwa Ibom state by draining his primary cult following and stripping him of his leadership status as state leaders, stakeholders and his former loyalists believe he has betrayed them and bowed to external pressure from the Presidency.

Akpabio’s defection has altered the political balance of Akwa Ibom but surely not to his favor. His predecessor and current political enemy, former Akwa Ibom Governor Victor Obong Attah currently holds the APC state structure in Akwa Ibom, a structure that was cemented when Udoma Bob Ekarika, Ubong Attah’s son in law was sworn in as the State Party Chairman in May 2018[/b].

The former gubernatorial flag bearer of the party Umana Okon Umana who served as former Finance Commissioner under Ubong Attah and as Secretary to the State Government to Akpabio for 6 years was his most widely speculated successor before Akpabio sacked him and Brought the present Governor(Udom Emmanuel) to replace him as SSG. Umana and Akpabio fell out and Umana contested for the office under the APC and currently has a strong alliance with Victor Ubong Attah.

Another enemy Akpabio faces is Nsima Ekere whom Akpabio picked to become his deputy Governor in 2011 before the duo fell out. With only 17 months and two days in office, Mr. Ekere has had the shortest tenure as deputy governor in Nigeria’s history.

Nsima still went ahead to purchase the PDP nomination in 2014 and contest the primaries which he lost to Emmanuel Udom, the chosen one of Akpabio. Nsima struck a Truce with Umana Umana in 2015.

Political analysts wonder if Godswill Akpabio, a man who loves to lead, will superintend over Victor Ubong Attah, Nsima Ekere, Umana Umana and Udoma Bob Ekarila as leader?

To prove that his defection to the APC was not welcome by the State Chapter, only two commissioners from Governor Udom’s cabinet met him at the airport on his arrival into Uyo as other commissioners continue meetings with the State Governor to keep the oil rich state on track.

One of the two commissioners who decamped with him is his own brother Ibanga Akpabio, Commissioner for Labour and Power who Emmanuel Udom appointed to appease his former power hungry boss.

Most of the few decampees are from Akpabio’s Ikot Ekpene federal constituency consisting of three Local Governments. Another from his senatorial zone is Honorable Emmanuel Ekon who is embroiled in personal battles and has lost grip of PDP stakeholders in his constituency.

There have also been concerns that for a man who built a political career by making enemies instead of friends in his home state, the impact of Akpabio’s defection will be rarely felt.


http://www.signalng.com/deserted-akpabios-loyalists-in-akwa-ibom-reject-him-and-his-move-to-the-apc/

NOTE: WRITTEN BY AGGRIEVED WAILING PDP

Trust politicians at your own peril...


Southerners I think do not know how to play politics, from Peter obi, to Chris Ngige, to Rochas Okorocha, to Orji Uzo Kali and now victor akpabio have and will kill their political careers.

Can't they sit and learn from the funkier jagaban of lagos on how to play regional and state politics.

I spit on southern east and south south politicians, no wonder the north would keep taking us for a ride...

Hehehe

Akpabio is a huge disappointment. Running into a rat hole that reasonable people are running out from.
Akpabio's defection is a plus for PDP. Very soon there will be so much querell and rancour in the house of the enemy.

AllTheWayUp:
Akpabio u are now on ur own
Na only u waka come
Akwa IBOM is PDP
PDP is Akwa Ibom

Buhari zombies can quote me till 2019

Faked news and report...

South south, South east forbid anything APC.

He's an outcast ryt now.