Akwa Ibom commissioner denies discrediting gov, alleges blackmail
Commissioner of Environment and Solid Minerals, Charles Udoh, has denied saying that Governor Udom Emmanuel must account for their deducted salaries.
In a statement he issued on Sunday titled ‘Re: Udom Must Account for our deducted salaries’, the former Commissioner of Information described the publication as false, malicious, and a “blackmail taken too far”.
“My attention has been drawn to the above-mentioned publication credited to me, which is making the rounds in the social media. I wish to state as follows:
“That the said statements are false, malicious, and merely a figment of the imagination of the writer and his sponsor. The incident never happened.
“I wish to advise the purveyors of this malicious news to redirect their negative energy towards saving their boss and pay master from the shackles of investigators over financial crimes.
“It is nauseating that a governorship aspirant who turned the funeral ceremonies of his siblings and close aides into a political rally to cast aspersions on his opponents and a sitting Governor could sanction such malicious libelous publications by his aides.
“The good news is that, Akwa Ibomites are wiser and never again will a blackmailer and his cohorts be allowed to have access to the keys of government house.
“I have instructed my Lawyers to explore every legal means to prosecute the imbeciles behind the libellous publication while informing the security agencies to investigate this failed attempt at reputation damage.
“My loyalty and fidelity to the completion agenda and succession plan of my boss, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, remains unalloyed”.
