NDDC Probe: Umanna, Akpabio In Battle Royale
There are strong indications that the current Minister of Niger Deltq Affairs, Obong Umana Okon Umana and his predecessor, Senator Godswill Akapbio maybe locked in a battle royale over probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC).
Umana Okon Umana
The hint of the battle came to fore following a statement by a group reacting to an artixle by a Michael Mattew.
According to the statement ” We have read with amusement, a poorly written piece by one Micheal Matthew, in which he baselessly accused some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom State of involvement in anti party activities.
Ordinarily, we would have laughed off Matthew’s hogwash without dignifying him with a response, knowing slander is his stock in trade.
However, we are particularly concerned about his inanity against the appointment of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Obong Umana Okon Umana and the threat to “plung [sic] the state into coerce [sic] as never seen before.”
We will address this threat subsequently, but first, let’s make Nigerians understand what this is all about. From our findings, Michael Matthew is acting on cue from the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who for the past weeks has been fighting a proxy war against the presidential directive to audit the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
Unfortunately, Akpabio’s frantic efforts at frustrating the reforms of the Commission by the current administration has repeatedly failed. Since he has made brick walls in all his attempts, he has resorted to mudslinging, orchestrating protests to distract Obong Umana Okon Umana and sponsoring media war against the minister. Obviously, Michael Matthew is simply cashing in, thinking he has found an avenue to remain in the former minister’s good graces.
We believe there is need to set the record straight and dispel the web of lies woven by a desperate political thug facing his mid-age crisis. It is on record that Obong Umana Okon Umana, the Minister in charge of Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC) since 2013 and has never looked back.
He is among the most dependable and consistent leaders of APC in Akwa Ibom State and has never secretly supported the PDP against the APC government that has given him a wide opportunity to serve the nation these past years.
Except delinquent Michael Matthew is suffering from selective amnesia, he would not forget that as at 2013, when Obong Umana Okon Umana joined APC, the party was struggling with existential threats from the then governor, Senator Godswill Akpabio (Michael’s current puppeteer). Yet, Umana, at great risk to his life, rallied the APC into a formidable force and stood election against the ruling PDP, which had Mr. Udom Emmanuel as its flagbearer. Eventually, when the result of the heavily rigged election came out, Obong Umana Okon Umana still went ahead to challenge it to the highest court in the country. How would he have invested such energy, time and resources if Udom (as claimed by Matthew) was his relative?”
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