The Southern Youths Development Forum (SYDF), in collaboration with Akpabioism Ambassadors Worldwide (AAW), has dismissed the allegation by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
The groups, in a jointly signed statement issued in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, described the allegation as an attempt to tarnish the reputation of the country’s number one lawmaker.
The statement was signed by Pastor Bassey James, Engr. Abiodun Adegalu, Emeka Obielom, and other members of the groups.
According to them, the allegation was politically motivated, as they alleged that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan acted in line with the script by her scriptwriters.
Convener of SYDF, Pastor James said, “We have followed with keen interest the continued attacks on Senator Godswill Akpabio from the moment he became Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a position which was last occupied by late Senator Joseph Wayas from the South-South many decades ago.
“This office has never been occupied by Akwa Ibom person. We want to say that those playing the political drums should note that Akwa Ibom people, the South South, Niger Deltans, South East and South West are solidly behind the Senate President, and would not buy into the drama by Natasha and her co – conspirators.
Akpabio is a national asset, a detribalised Nigerian whose actions have touched on all ethnic and religious groups. Even as then Governor of Akwa Ibom State, he built bridges of national unity across the country and beyond.
This joke is like a tale by the moonlight and a drama, whose actors are confused in their presentation. The Senate President’s houses in Uyo and Ukana are always crowded with people, including security personnel. And to make the drama laughable, her husband was always following them around even to the Chapel. Those script writers failed and the politics behind it has collapsed because Nigerians already know the truth.”
The groups however appealed that the Niger Delta should be accorded it’s right of place in the political equation of the country considering the economic and natural endowments it contributes to the centre and beyond.
They thanked President Bola Tinubu and other leaders for their continued support to the Senate President and affirmed their commitment to the realization of 2027 presidency of President Tinubu, through mobilizing of other Nigerians in the North to build a sustainable support base for Mr. President.
“We are supporting Mr President till 2027; those who are bent in causing confusion in the National Assembly should desist from fanning embers of hatred and disunity.”
They also advised Senator Natasha- Akpoti to apologize to the Senators for disrespecting constituted authorities, and embarrassing the nation.
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