2015 Akwa Ibom governorship race: Ex-Gov Attah snubs Nsima Ekere, Richard King

Nsima Ekere, former deputy governor, Akwa Ibom State

A news report published by Global Concord, a local tabloid in Akwa Ibom State, says the former deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Nsima Ekere and an aide to President Goodluck Jonathan, Professor Richard King have been unsuccessful in their attempts to get the former governor of the state, Obong Victor Attah to endorse their aspirations to contest the 2015 governorship election in the state.

Global Concord says the former governor doubts if Richard King could be the ‘people’s governor’ if he wins the PDP primaries, because ‘his presence as presidential aide is hardly felt in Akwa Ibom’.

The paper, relying on an unnamed source, says Nsima Ekere wasn’t courageous enough to tell Attah about his governorship ambition when he visited him (Attah) because of the countenance of the former governor.

THINK AKWA IBOM! could not however independently verify the Global Concord story. Nsima Ekere and Richard King have not yet issued a response to the newspaper report.