The state government also accused Gumi of inciting Nigerians against Jonathan
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The position of the BoT tallies with that of the PDPGF, which endorsed Jonathan as the sole candidate for the 2015 poll
The party’s NEC is expected to adopt the resolution of the governors at the meeting
Although the agenda of the meeting was not released to the public, sources said upcoming PDP primaries and the national convention of the party among other crucial issues would feature in their discussion
The students said they were prepared to support the two governors
Jonathan presented N500 million cheque to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State and N260 million to his Akwa Ibom State counterpart, Godswill Akpabio, as their states’ share of the fund
Akpabio also commended the conduct of security agencies in maintaining law and order in the Ekiti State election and said citizens who have not run foul of the law need not be afraid of security agents
Regrettably, one of the best-kept secrets in the political scene in Nigeria is that in Akwa Ibom State some politicians do not circumscribe their activities within the limits of morality and decorum. Some of them can abase the most hallowed and sacred things for their selfish advantages
The governor had previously commissioned the Abak-Obio Akpa-Nsehe Road with three bridges
Jonathan spoke in Sokoto on Saturday at a grand reception organised for a former Governor of the state, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, who defected to PDP with his supporters from the All Progressives Congress
The governor applauded the Nigerian Army in Akwa Ibom State for cooperating and assisting other security agencies in fighting crimes for the peaceful co-existence of the state
Speaking on the Splash FM personality interview programme, Voices, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Shittu, who is also a governorship hopeful of the APC in the state, said this while reacting to a question, which sought to know if all the PDP governors that defected to the APC were now progressives
Some of the senators elected on the platform of the party have threatened to defect to the All Progressives Congress
Speaking with State House correspondents after a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan and key members of the PDP that ended in the early hours of Monday, Governor Wamakko insisted himself and Kwankwaso, who were present at the meeting with Jonathan, will never return to the PDP
Information reaching The Eagle Online has it that some governors loyal to Jonathan are also going to attend the meeting
“The Ibom airport is a state-owned organisation, but airport business belongs to the Federal Government where all aviation agencies of the Federal Government are involved
The governor, who observed that many have neglected God’s instructions to worship idol, said: “Many have set up foul altars different from that of God
The petition further revealed that following the arrests of the five assailants, one of them identified himself as Emmanuel Bassey Ekpenyong, the Akwa Ibom State Governor’s Personal Assistant and referred to his fellow assailants as “his boys”, pleading earnestly for their release – a plea the officers were said to have turned down
Akpabio explained: “We don’t want to stop capital flight, but we want to minimize the number of people that die while trying to travel to Europe and India for medical check-up and to minimize the turn-out of Nigerians that leave the country
“So, I also call on Nigerians to support President Goodluck Jonathan because the failure of the President is the failure of the country