Former
Governor of Akwa Ibom State Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio and his wife Ekaette
Unoma Akpabio are desperately plotting to assassinate one of their most
outspoken critic and human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong; according to SR
sources.
A source who
is close to Akpabio told SR that Lawyer Effiong has been causing "serious
damage" to efforts by the former governor to escape probe by the EFCC and
has been using the media to "instigate the public against Akpabio and his
successor Mr. Udom Emmanuel which they can no longer tolerate".
As part of the
plot to "finally take out" the fiery lawyer, one source told Sahara
Reporters that Mr. Akpabio, his wife, and a certain Barr. Emmanuel Enoidem who
served as the Commissioner for Housing and Urban Renewal under the
administration of Akpabio and other close associates of the former Governor
will hold a nocturnal meeting in Akpabio's hometown residence in Ukana in
Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Thursday, February 23,
2017 to reach a consensus on the best way to execute the plot without traces.
Speaking with
SaharaReporters on the matter, Mr. Effiong confirmed that his life is no longer
safe following recent events and information available to him.
"The
threats to my life has been going on for a long time now, but I never took such
threats very seriously until recent events. Several informants have intimidated
me that a decision has been taken by those who feel that they own Akwa Ibom
State to kill me any day I "mistakenly" step my foot on Akwa Ibom
State or in the alternative, to track me to my location in Lagos State and
assassinate me."
"A few
weeks ago, I was in Akwa Ibom State to secure the release of a building
contractor who was illegally detained for 23 days in police custody on the
orders of the State Governor Mr. Udom Emmanuel over the Reigners Bible Church
Collapse in Uyo. I returned to Lagos after the contractor regained freedom on
January 4, 2017.
"Upon
arriving Lagos, I received a call from someone who asked me to be grateful to
God for not being killed while I was on my way to the Ibom International
Airport en route Lagos. The source told me that he was at a beer parlor in Uyo
when he overheard some persons boasting that Inibehe Effiong is like a small
ant before Akpabio and that I was trailed to the airport but that the hired
assassins lost track of the vehicle that conveyed me. That very soon, my name
will be history."
"I have
been threatened countless times by self-confessed loyalists and supporters of
Godswill Akpabio both on Facebook and outside the social media. My only crime
is my consistent call for a probe by the anti-corruption agencies into how the
resources of Akwa Ibom State was spent between 2007-2015 during which period
the oil-rich State received nearly N3 trillion in allocations from the Federation
Account.
"Today,
Friday 17th February 2017 I received two more frightening calls from two
credible sources about the imminent plot to finally put an end to my life by
killing me. The sources separately stated emphatically that I should watch all
my steps and movements because I may be gunned down any moment from now and
that hired assassins have already been mobilized and are only waiting for the
order to strike."
"I am
told that the plan to assassinate me became more serious after I filed a suit on
Monday at the Federal High Court in Abuja on behalf of an anti-corruption
activist asking the Court to disqualify the Senate President, Senator Akpabio
and 9 other senators from taking part in the screening and confirmation of
Ibrahim Magu as the substantive Chairman of the EFCC due to bias and apparent
conflict of interest arising from their pending corruption cases with the
EFCC."
"I have
said it before; several Nigerians were assassinated during the reign of Akpabio
because of their dissenting and critical views. I wrote on this in the past and
gave numerous examples. If they want to use me to revive their killer squared
despite the change in government at the center, it, therefore, means that the
talk about President Buhari fighting corruption and impunity in this country is
useless".
"If
anything happens to me, Nigerians should know where it is coming from and those
to hold responsible. I cannot be silenced by blood sucking rascals who looted
the resources of Akwa Ibom State with impunity." Effiong concluded.
Another source
revealed that the governor's wife who is actively involved in the plot was said
to have initially cautioned against going ahead for fear that killing the
activist will provoke national outrage and that it may be difficult for the killing
not to be linked to the Akpabios' given his persistent criticisms of the former
governor. "But after her school, John Paul's School at Shelter Afrique,
Uyo was marked by the EFCC for investigation, she agreed that Inibehe who has
continued to call for their probe should be taken out," the source said.
Sahara
Reporters recently published a leaked audio tape in which a brother to former
Governor Akpabio by name Ibanga Akpabio is clearly heard boasting about his
plans to eliminate another critic and former member of the House of
Representatives from Akwa Ibom State, Hon. Robinson Uwak. The audio is yet to
be denied by the Akpabios'.
During the
regime of Akpabio as the governor of Akwa Ibom State, several high-profile
political opponents and outspoken critics were assassinated.
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