Founding members of the APC in Akwa Ibom State have accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of betraying the party and deliberately undermining it to further his perceived ambition for a third term in office.
These allegations were detailed in a letter to President Tinubu, signed by key APC figures from each of the state’s senatorial districts, who are urging the president to intervene and prevent the party’s disintegration in Akwa Ibom.
Titled: “Worrisome State of APC in Akwa Ibom State: A Call for Your Urgent Intervention,” the letter read in part:
“We, the founding fathers of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State, are compelled to write you this open letter. We have been with you since our days in the defunct Action Congress to the Action Congress of Nigeria, which later metamorphosed into our present party, the APC. We have never seen this kind of selfishness, greed, betrayal, and treachery before.”
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The petitioners further alleged that the Akwa Ibom State APC Chairman, Stephen Ntukekpo, and the Minister of State for Petroleum (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, are actively carrying out a plan, which they believe is masterminded by Akpabio, to dismantle the party’s structure within the state.
“The duo of the state Chairman of the party, Mr. Stephen Ntukekpo, and the Hon. Minister of Petroleum (Gas), Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, are telling whoever cares to listen that they were directed by the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to cripple the party in the state to give the PDP an easy ride to victory in the 2027 polls in exchange for the PDP’s support for the Senate President’s third-term ambition.”
The letter further warned of “mass defections” and a weakened party structure ahead of the 2027 elections.
“We want to assure Mr. President that he won’t have party members to receive him when he comes to the state next year to campaign if something urgent is not done to revive and strengthen the party in the state.”
“The soul and spirit of the party in the state have been sold to the PDP government, and as a result, party members are gearing up to join the upcoming coalition of opposition to your second-term ambition.”
The APC members dismissed rumors that Governor Umo Eno intends to join the APC, highlighting that he is actively strengthening the PDP. They contrasted this with the actions of APC leaders within the state, who they claim are weakening their own party.
“It is unbelievable that the party that produced a Senate President is completely dead in the state. Since he (Akpabio) joined APC, he has never been committed to your second-term ambition.”
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