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| Governor Godswill Akpabio |
By Nse Peter
Governor Godswill Akpabio’s last minutes effort to get the support
of the people of Itu local government area of Akwa Ibom State for the Peoples
Democratic Party governorship candidate, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has reportedly
failed, as the Paramount Ruler of the area, Edidem Edet Akpan Inyang is said to
have rejected bags of rice sent to the people by the governor.
A senior PDP member in Itu who did not want his name
mentioned in the report because he wasn’t authorised to speak on it, told Think Akwa Ibom! that two trucks loaded
with bags of rice drove into the paramount ruler’s residence in Oku Iboku,
Thursday night, accompanied with Governor Akpabio’s aides. When the governor’s
aides told Edidem Edet Akpan Inyang that the rice were gifts from Akpabio and
that they were meant to be shared to the people of the area for their anticipated
electoral support for PDP, the paramount ruler reportedly ordered them out them
out of his palace.
“I am not in the position to say why he rejected it. Maybe
he saw it as an insult to himself and his people,” said the source.
Apart from Itu people accusing Governor Akpabio’s
administration of not building roads, hospitals, schools and other
infrastructures for them, the area is a key APC local government area.
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