Senator Godswill Akpabio has dismissed as provocative and unbecoming claims by Senator Elisha Abbo that he, Akpabio, was instrumental to the court judgment that sacked him from the Senate and of plotting the sack of Senator Ori Uzor Kalu and four others.
Hobnob News reports that Abbo had following the court judgment accused Akpabio of being behind the judgment adding that four more senators including Senator Orji Kalu were also being targeted.
Speaking through Hon Eseme Eyiboh, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Akpabio strongly rejected claims by Senator Abbo.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, Hon Eyiboh expressed shock at the assertions of the former Adamawa North senator describing his claims as delinquent, provocative and unbecoming of a Distinguished Senator.
“It is only a diseased and uninformed mind that will not believe that the outcome of any court proceeding is a function of the evaluation of facts and evidence within the province of the rule of law.
“It is uncharitable for Senator Abbo to pour his frustrations on Senator Akpabio or anyone else and his action betrays the bile he has for Senator Akpabio.
“Democracy is founded in the rule of law, so for anybody to accuse one of the strong agents of democracy and governance in the mould of Senator Godswill Akpabio, such an individual must be a monument of self-pity and his swansong a discordant escape from reality.”
Contininuing, Eyiboh said that Akpabio had no plot to sack Kalu and others as alleged by Abbo.
“Senator Akpabio for emphasis has no ill will towards any of his distinguished colleagues and as he has said in the past, the embers of the leadership election have been buried and replaced by the fraternal bond of nation building he shares with the overwhelming majority of senators.”
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