The Akwa Ibom State Deputy Governor, Moses Ekpo, on Monday said he has not resigned his position and is not leaving the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress along with a former Governor of the State and now Senator, Godswill Akpabio.
The Deputy Governor said this in a statement on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Ekikere Umoh, in reaction to a post by @APC Newspaper on Twitter on Sunday.
Umoh, said that there was no iota of truth in the story.
He said the deputy governor had travelled on official assignment to represent Governor Udom Emmanuel at Ati Annang Convention holding in New York, United States of America.
The CPS said the deputy governor in a telephone conversation with him on Monday denied the story as groundless.
The statement reads: “The attention of the Office of the Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State has been drawn to certain rumours and misrepresentations in a section of the media to the effect that the Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Moses Ekpo, has resigned from office.
“The reports particularly from the online community further make allusions to the effect that the Deputy Governor has also defected from the Peoples Democratic Party.
“Given the temperament of the times and the implications of such innuendos, we are constrained to categorically state that there is no iota of truth in the story making the rounds
“That the purported report is therefore nothing but a poorly concocted piece of a malicious hatchet job and a pack of lies, and should be appropriately ignored.
“It is instructive to note that currently, His Excellency, the Deputy Governor is representing the State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel as Special Guest of Honour at the 2018 International Convention of Ati Annang holding in New York, United States of America and is yet to return to the state.
“In his reaction to the rumour from New York on phone today, the Deputy Governor said: ‘I have not resigned.
“‘I have no reason whatsoever to resign or jump ship from a government that is both responsive and performing optimally, while giving practical meaning to democratic dividends for the people of Akwa Ibom. I cannot, and will not jump ship.”
According to Umoh, the 77 year-old deputy governor has called on Akwa Ibom State people, both at home and in the Diaspora, as well as the PDP family in the state to remain resolute and committed to support Emmanuel.
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