Akwa Ibom
State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Aniekan Umanah has
decried the spate of malicious bulk text messages targeted at maligning the
image of the State and the person of Governor Godswill Akpabio.
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Speaking
in his office recently, Mr. Umanah observed that the text messages, regularly
forwarded to subscribers of different mobile telephone networks in the State,
often in the names of OWOETTE, MBIAM,OBU,UDUAKABASI and AKS 2015, are the handiworks
of political cowards, whom he said have been identified through investigations.
He
however challenged the sponsors of the text messages, also aimed at provoking
ethnic disharmony in the State, "to come into the open if they are man
enough and have genuine cause to pursue".
The
Commissioner advised citizens to disregard the contents of such text messages
and continue to remain loyal to Chief Godswill Akpabio, whose administration,
he said, "has engendered uncommon transformation through the provision of
landmark infrastructure and unparalleled human capital development in the
State."
In the
interest of sustainable peace and development, the information boss called on
those bent on causing disaffection among the citizens to "turn a new leaf
and look up to God alone and court the goodwill of Akwa Ibom people, if they
hope to achieve their political ambitions," as according to him,
"only God and the people can determine who wins election at any
level."
Rather
than be distracted, Mr. Umanah said, "Chief Akpabio is resolved to
continue to work for the peace, progress and further development of Akwa Ibom
and the people who freely gave him their mandate to be Governor."
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