According to report reaching OYOGist.com, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom has attacked President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Iboro Akpabio as an ambassador-designate from the state. The Party said Mr Akpabio was not known to the state chapter of the APC and may not even be an indigene of Akwa Ibom.
It accused President Buhari of making the appointment without consultation, adding that he was yet to learn from the mistakes of such appointments made in his first tenure.
In a statement signed by the state publicity secretary of the APC, Nkereuwem Enyongekere, the party said if such a trend is continued it may discourage members from giving their best to make APC work in Akwa Ibom. It may also impact on 2023 negatively. The party’s spokesman also said the chairman of the party, Ini Okopido, had petitioned the Presidency on the issue.
The party said: “The State Chapter in the said letter lamented that even in the second term of the administration President Muhammadu Buhari which the party in the State had expected to benefit from the robust relationship of 2019 elections and for obvious reasons that he will learn from the mistakes of his first term, but unfortunately, the news of every new appointment from Akwa Ibom state has been so nerve-wracking and disquieting to the members of APC in the State, thus weakening the threshold of our party in the state as genuine members who have sacrificed their useful resources are completely cheated out.”
The letter noted that if such a trend is not discontinued, it will surely discourage members from giving their best to make APC work in Akwa Ibom State and thereby hampering the build-up towards 2023.
