In a barefaced confession to electoral fraud,
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, who is at the centre of multiple
“gift” scandals involving state funds, has admitted on live television, to
falsifying a senatorial election result and personally replacing the winner with
his preferred candidate.
While addressing the visiting delegation on his
government’s achievements, Mr. Akpabio, seeking to impress his sense of even
handedness on the audience, said he struck off the name of the winner of the
Akwa Ibom north senatorial in his party’s primaries, and replaced same with
Aloysius Etok.
Mr. Etok went on to win the main elections, and is
currently the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public
Service matters.
Governor Akpabio said:
Governor Akpabio said:
“The people of Ikono and Ini (Local Government Areas) from 1960 have never produced a Senator, I used my own hand to strike out the name of the person who has won before, and I said it is important for me to give that region a Senator in 2007, and I produced Senator Aloysius Etok for you; that’s where he comes from.”
Of late, Governor Akpabio has been in the news for
various reasons, including profligacy. However, I hear he is close confident of
the president, so you can expect that he will be 'pardoned'...as usual.
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