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| Mr. Ekokoi Solomon |
By Nse Peter
A former PDP House of Assembly aspirant in Akwa Ibom State,
Mr. Ekokoi Solomon has reportedly rejected his appointment by Governor Udom
Emmanuel into the transition committee of Nsit Ubium Local Government Area.
Solomon holds a Masters of Law and teaches law in the
University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
During the 2015 PDP primaries, he challenged Mr. Onofiok
Luke, member, representing Nsit Ubium State Constituency, Akwa Ibom State House
of Assembly, for the PDP ticket, but lost to the incumbent despite being backed
by the then governor, Mr. Godswill Akpabio and wife, Unoma.
As compensation for his loss, Governor Emmanuel appointed
Solomon as a supervisor in the newly constituted transition committee in Nsit
Ubim Local Government Area, a position which many including Solomon himself
viewed as being demeaning. “How do I go to my vice chancellor and say to her
‘madam, please give me leave of absence to and take up an appointment as
supervisor in local government transition committee’?” one community newspapers
in Akwa Ibom quoted Solomon as having said. “If I was in her shoes and a chap
comes to me with such request, I will say he is not fit to be in the ivory
tower in the first place.”
Besides, Solomon is reported to have said that the
membership of the transition committee in Nsit Ubium did not reflect the
political agreement reached by PDP leaders in the area, after the party House
of Assembly primaries.
Solomon’s Facebook posts of late suggest that he is disappointed
with the political system. In one of his posts he said, “Power cannot and must
not be left in the hands of those without morals. For without moral compass
power runs amok”. In another of his post, he wrote “He who shames another
usually has a taste of the remnants of the same shame.”
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