Skip to main content

Ak Deputy Gov to resign

Moses Ekpo under pressure to resign

...as AKHA back tracks on impeachment plots



All is not well with the Akwa Ibom State Executive Council as the feud between Godswill Akpabio and his successor Udom Emmanuel is taking a bitter toll on governance in the state.

As at the last count two Exco members Udo Ekpenyong and Etekamba Umoren were consumed even when the commissioner for Information and Strategy Charles Udoh says their relief of appointment is part of strategies adopted by the government to continue strengthening the Exco for greater work.

Another Exco member who may likely be consumed in the Akpabio, Udom inferno may be the Akwa Ibom State Deputy Governor, Mr. Moses Ekpo whom THE INK gathered has come under intense pressure to resign his position and to say as a result of personal reasons.

Our eagle eyed reporter understands that there is so much anger in the inner caucus of Governor Udom Emmanuel that Mr. Moses Ekpo was the one that called the independence Hall meeting in Abak that Godswill Akpabio used the platform to throw tantrums on the state Governor.

Those who confided in our reporter maintained that ever since that unceremonious position came from Akpabio, that the relationship between Governor Udom Emmanuel and his Deputy Moses Ekpo has been less than cordial.

Government House sources maintained to THE INK reporter that the unfettered access Moses Ekpo hitherto had to Udom looks bridged as the old man do not really access the Governor as usual as he used to.

Those who work in the Deputy Governor’s office hinted our reporters that Uncle Mo himself has realized the effect Akpabio’s inglorious statement has done to his relationship with the Governor and hence why he seems to be relapsing in his confusion.

THE INK understands that Udom’s right hand men find it reluctant to believe that Moses Ekpo did not know what Senator Akpabio was going to say on that meeting. They are also of the opinion that Moses Ekpo coordinated and organized an event that encouraged the former Governor to throw tantrums on the state Governor.

THE INK gathered that Udom’s men are even more angry that the Deputy Governor after that incidence never did anything to show his disapproval of the statements the former Governor made against his successor.

Many sources say, the realization of the anger Udom’s men is nursing against the Deputy Governor has seriously affected the way and manner Moses Ekpo is reacting to issues in governance.

This development in the state Exco THE INK was informed has not greeted Mr. Moses Ekpo very well especially as most of those working directly with the state Governor now see the Deputy Governor as a traitor and one who cannot defend his boss in times like this.

Sources very close to Uncle Mo while exchanging views with our reporters said, the state Deputy Governor does not really enjoy being treated with so much level of suspicions and had at a time very recently contemplated resigning from his position so as to avoid what one of his aides described as insult from some small boys in the state Exco.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Herdsmen sack A'Ibom Community

Herdsmen sack A'Ibom Community  ° ° ° flouts Anti - grazing laws   Scores worried by incessant attack on farms by herdsmen despite the Anti - grazing laws undermining the efforts of Akwa Ibom State Governor to encourage people back to farming for food sufficiency,   distraught farmers in Ifa group of six villages, Uyo  local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State yesterday protested over the invasion of their farms by herdsmen. Confirming the incident, Women from the affected communities, namely: Ifa Ikot Akpan; Ifa Ikot Abia Nkpo; Ifa Ikot Obong; Ifa Ikot Idang;I  Ikot Akpabio; Ifa Ikot Abia Ntuen who were numbered in hundreds jointly cried to Akwa Ibom State Governor whom they said they gave their undivided mandate, to please kindly Save their Souls as herdsmen may one day kill their people. While counting their losses on the invasion, the farmers said the herdsmen led their cattle to plod and graze on their farms in defiance of the state government’s ban on ...

Late Raphael Edem laid to rest

Late Raphael Edem laid to rest  ...Our candle is broken - Commumity ...my father means so much to people - Family  By IFIOKABASI ABIA  It was a moment of encomium, glamour and fanfare as a doyen of all time, Late Noble Brother Raphael Edem , KSJI laid to rest in his country home. The funeral mass was conducted last weekend by St. Mary's Catholic Church, Ikot Inuen, Nkwot, Ikono Local Government Area. In his homily, the Bishop of Uyo Diocese, His Lordship Most Rev. Dr. John Ayah said the Life we live is not our own and we should do every thing to please our Creator so that when the day of transition to glory come we will not be found wanting. According to Ayah, "I knew our brother very well, Late Noble Brother Raphael Edem lying here. He was dedicated to the service and things of God. He is a testament of encouragement, focus, passion, support for the needy and never give up." "Late Edem never seat on the fence. He was hospitable and accommodating to all who came his ...

Rev. Owen Ukafia enthrones Bishop of Uyo Cathedral

Rev. Owen Ukafia enthrones Bishop of Uyo Cathedral By IFIOKABASI ABIA It was a moment of glamour and fanfare amid pump and pageantry as Rt. Rev. Owen Amos Ukafia was enthroned to administer and discharge service to the people of God, as the fourth Bishop of Uyo Diocese, Cathedral of All Saints. The enthronement service held March 23, 2024, at Cathedral of All Saints Uyo, Church of Nigeria , Anglican Communion.  Speaking at the enthronement service, The Primate of Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion , Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba in his Goodwill Message congratulated Rt. Rev. Owen Ukafia and charged him to be focus, compassionate and dedicated to the service. Dr. Henry Ndukuba who was represented at the occasion by Most Rev. Dr. Blessing Eyinda, Bishop of Ikwere . Ndukuba admonished the newly enthroned Bishop to render selfless service and be ready to serve. He called on the leadership of the State and tasked them on good governance, justice and quality leadership for the benefit of the...