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A youth activist, Mr. Tom
FredFish has accused The Hounorable
Commissioner for Information and Telecommunications, Mr. Aniekan Umanah of
blackmail and unpatriotic behavior. This
was contained in an open letter, to Mr. Umanah,
by FredFish.
In a phone chat with Mr. Fish, he
disclosed that the recent attacks on his person, through paid advertisement was
as a result of his resolve to say the truth, stating that after the unpopular
publication on the pages of Tell Magazine in 2011. He decided to seek redress
in court for an attempt by a media House to tarnish the image of the Akwa Ibom
State Governor; Chief (Dr.) Godswill Obot Akpabio, pointing out that the
Commissioner had failed to do the needful.
He particularly expressed his
displeasure over what he called “calculated attempt” to smear his impeccable
reputation, maintaining that almost a year after he went to court, Chief
Godswill Akpabio, called him and urged him on in the TELL case with the promise
to support and pay the legal fees, maintaining that by the underlined statement
made by Aniekan Umanah’s, through paid advert, he has called the Governor of Akwa Ibom State,
Chief (Dr.) Godswill Akpabio an accomplice in the act of extortion.
“ I did not envisage that you had
other clandestine plans to outmaneuver me out of the case for financial
benefit. You knew I had made impact which impressed the governor, so you
blackmailed me so that the governor would forgo his support for me without
knowing your grand plot was for selfish reasons; making money.” he stated.
He used the opportunity to apologize
to the Press Secretary to the Governor; Pastor Anietie Ukpe for what he said
was a mistake, arguing that as published
in his open letter to the Honourable Commissioner, the phrase “. Ukpe, whose
difference from you is only in the title “Pastor”, was not meant to insult or
tarnish his image but that what he really meant was that Ukpe was different and
that as a pastor, he is morally upright, stating that any inconvenience caused
by the publication is highly regretted.
However, In a release from the
ministry of Information, the allegations against the commissioner was
dismissed, describing them as false.
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