The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom has said that its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu did not insult Akwa Ibom people when he referred to Governor Udom Emmanuel as a ‘boy’.
State chairman of the APC, Stephen Ntukekpo accused the Akwa Ibom State government of twisting Tinubu’s comments made during his presidential campaign last Monday in Uyo.
Ntukekpo said that the government was trying to stir the peoples’ anger and opposition against the party’s candidate ahead of the presidential election coming up about three weeks from now.
In a statement issued to Track News at the weekend, the state chairman of the APC commended Tinubu for exposing the poor performance of the Emmanuel-led administration when he referred to him as a ‘boy’.
The party asked the government to atone the state over alleged financial recklessness and plundering of resources.
Reacting, however, Ntukekpo noted that Tinubu actually exposed Emmanuel’s “financial mismanagement and Lilliputian performance”.
Ntukekpo said the situation has plunged the people into poverty and deprivation for nearly eight years of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership.
“Only recently, we were made to understand that payments in excess of N600 billion, being refunds from the APC-led Federal Government, were made from the federation account to Akwa Ibom State.”
The APC told the public that till date, the Emmanuel-led administration has been unable to satisfactorily explain how the funds were used.
The statement further alleged the governor was “plotting to foist a stooge as his successor to cover his tracks”.
Ntukekpo declared that the “machinations of the PDP” had failed as Akwa Ibom people “are resolute” to vote for the APC and its candidate, Akanimo Udofia.
