Former Akwa Ibom State Governor,
Godswill Akpabio has denied reports that he turned the state Government House
to a sex den during his tenure.
Akpabio, in a statement by his
media aide, Anietie Ekong, described the allegation contained in a report by a
news site titled ‘How Governors Turn Government Houses to Sex Havens,’ as
untrue.
He said under his principal, the
Lodge was run professionally.
The statement reads: “The story
is a cheap attempt at blackmailing former and serving governors of Nigeria
using political elements. The baseless report alluded to the stellar
administration of the former Governor of Akwa Ibom, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
“Also mentioned in the cowardly
propaganda piece are the past and current government of Abia, Edo, Rivers,
Ondo, and Osun States. We wish to advise the Nigerian people to ignore this
article as it is neither based on facts, nor meets basic journalistic standards
and ethics.
“It is simply a compilation of
wicked rumours and dark gossip manufactured by bitter elements who lost out in
the political arena. It is important to mention that when Governor Akpabio took
office in 2007, the Government Lodge was in a dilapidated condition unfit for
lodging high profile visitors of the government.
“As part of his proven Uncommon
Transformation Vision for Akwa Ibom State, Akpabio oversaw the design and
construction of a world-class Government Lodge befitting of the status of
visitors of the State Government. For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state
categorically that there is no truth in these allegations.
“The Akwa Ibom Government Lodge
has always been run professionally and, at no time, was the facility turned into
a brothel as alluded to in this faceless story which referenced imagined
‘anonymous’ sources.
“The discredited publication –
like many before it – is the sponsored work of desperate and disgruntled
political elements who have been part of the current media lynching of leaders
of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), like Senator Akpabio, who selflessly
delivered the dividend of democracy to their people. It is designed to mislead
the public by tarnishing the stellar image of the celebrated immediate past Governor
of Akwa Ibom.
“These elements have
unfortunately found willing partners-in-destruction in sections of the media.
Akpabio is being attacked by these enemies of progress because he gave his all
in ensuring that his vision and the dreams of Akwa Ibom citizens of a new and
glorious Akwa Ibom was delivered during his 8-year tenure for which he has
received numerable awards at home and abroad for good governance.
“We wish, therefore, to re-affirm
that at no time did Akpabio abuse the mandate given to him by the good people
of Akwa Ibom and at no time, during his tenure was the Government Lodge – or
any other government property, for that matter – converted to ungodly use”.
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