A women group, South-South Women Political Front (SSWPF), has described as an attempted blackmail a threat to issue a warrant of arrest against Senator Godswill Akpabio.
The group said the threat is a ploy to coerce the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and the Federal Government into accepting to pay for inflated, bogus and fictitious projects in the past.
The group stated this in a statement by its spokesperson, Dr. Doris Ogba, and described Senator Akpabio as a transformational figure, a towering statesman and a visionary hero.
It also commended stakeholders in the Niger Delta region for joining hands with Akpabio to lift the region high, adding that the threat is a “measure designed to retard the progress of the region, strip the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) of the transparency qualities it had developed in the last two years and return it to its most corrupt days.’’
The women commended the former Akwa Ibom State governor for initiating programmes and projects that were of direct benefit to the people in various areas, including security, health, education, roads, housing, electrification, transportation, agriculture and tourism
The women group applauded Akpabio for redirecting the region on the path of development, declaring: “Senator Godswill Akpabio is a thoughtful, decent and progressive fellow. His humility is boundless.’’
The women scolded those they described as political detractors for throwing sand in the gears of the current administration to transform the region, making misleading statements and orchestrating a campaign of calumny against Akpabio, with a view to impugn his integrity.
The statement emphasized Akpabio’s politics of performance, virtue in waiting, deep appetite for change, rapid infrastructure development and peace in the Niger Delta region.
