Hon Eseme Eyiboh, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Senate President, refuted claims that Senator Godswill Akpabio holding grudges against some of his colleagues.
Countering Senator Elisha Abbo’s assertions, he debunked claims that the Senate President exercised sway over the Court of Appeal’s decision to oust him from the Senate.
In a statement made public in Abuja on Tuesday, Eyiboh said his is surprise at the former Adamawa North senator’s comments, describing Abbo’s claims as “delinquent, provocative and unbecoming of a Distinguished Senator.”
The Senate President’s Spokesman said, ‘It is only a diseased and uninformed mind that will not believe that the outcome of any court proceeding is a function of the evaluation of facts and evidence within the province of the rule of law.’
‘It is uncharitable for Senator Abbo to pour his frustrations on Senator Akpabio or anyone else and his action betrays the bile he has for Senator Akpabio.’
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‘Democracy is founded in the rule of law, so for anybody to accuse one of the strong agents of democracy and governance in the mould of Senator Godswill Akpabio, such an individual must be a monument of self-pity and his swansong a discordant escape from reality.’
He further explained that, ‘Senator Akpabio for emphasis has no ill-will towards any of his distinguished colleagues and as he has said in the past, the embers of the leadership election have been buried and replaced by the fraternal bond of nation building he shares with the overwhelming majority of senators.’
It’s worth noting that during a media briefing, Senator Abbo had held the Senate President responsible for his recent dismissal by the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal.
He further claimed that there was a purported conspiracy to dismiss three other All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators who had opposed Akpabio’s bid for the Senate Presidency during the election for principal officers in June.
Abbo explicitly mentioned that the next target in the expulsion plan was the former Abia State Governor, now Senator, Orji Kalu.