AKWA Ibom State Deputy
Governor, Mr. Nsima Ekere, on Wednesday resigned his position with
immediate effect and without official explanation.
His Chief Press Secretary, Inemesi Ina, in a statement, said Ekere resigned “on personal grounds” and declined to elaborate.
However, there were indications that the Deputy Governor’s resignation might not be unconnected with his governorship ambition.
The Civil Liberties Organisation chairman in the state, Mr. Clifford Thomas, described Ekere’s resignation as a conspiracy.
He added that Ekere had been nursing the ambition to contest the governorship of the state.
He said, “Ekere is not
going to wait if he is asked to wait for someone from Uyo senatorial
district who had had their turn in the person of Governor Victor Attah.
There is a conspiracy yet to be known.
“Ekere is not going empty just like that, he is going to disclose a lot of things; there are arm-twisting.
“It’s a very sad thing: I
want to see competition in this state and not arm twisting people. He
might have endured a lot of things.”
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| Mr. Nsima Ekere |
Chairman, Conference of
Nigerian Political Parties, Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Linus Udofia, said the
resignation of Ekere was not good for the government.
He described Ekere as very quiet and intelligent, saying whatever forced him to resign would have been weighty.
He said, “It is not
possible for Ekere to have resigned so early. There are indications that
Ekere might have been tolerating something, which he felt there was no
need putting up with it anymore. And this may lead to his resigning so
early.
A source, who confided in our correspondent, stated that Akpabio starved Ekere of funds.
He said, “Ekere fell out with Akpabio because of his interest in running for the PDP’s governorship ticket in 2015 election.
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