SENATOR LADY EME EKAETTE NOW CHALLENGED

Dear Editor;

SENATOR LADY EME EKAETTE NOW CHALLENGED

Now it has become very clear to our dear Senator Eme Ekaette that her seat is up for grab. As a politician who allowed (self) to be fooled on Governor Akpabio’s support in her quest to return to the Senate, as reported in the media, she went to officially solicit for his support. The reply which the governor gave her was very instructive that she needed no soothsayer to tell her that she is on her own.

I read many pieces cautioning her that her idea would not fly. It is a common knowledge that Governor Akpabio co-opted the services of Mrs. Helen Esuene in his fight against opposition; that led to her being a signatory to the jabs in a 3-paged advertorial in the media, against Attah and some others who called the attention of the nation to the deteriorating security situation in once most peaceful state called Akwa Ibom. Mrs. Esuene has been rewarded with a shot at the Senate through Eket senatorial district platform (see Sunday Independent April 11, 2010, page 21), a position Senator Ekaette presently occupies.

I pity Senator Eme Ekaette because it is not only Mrs. Esuene that would confront her at the ‘PDP primary’; there is also the AKPF de facto boss, Bishop Samuel Akpan, who has also indicated interest in the seat. Between Mrs. Esuene and Bishop Akpan, it is only time that shall tell who actually Governor Akpabio has further fooled. As for Senator Eme Ekaette, the game is up for her; she should look for another thing to do. Her husband has also been dropped from the acting President Jonathan’s cabinet.

Johnbull O. Okon, Mariam Extension, Calabar.