The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has incurred the wrath of the people of Akwa Ibom State, following his alleged hate remark on his opponents during his party’s rally in Uyo on Monday.
The governor, in his response, expressed disappointment that instead of selling his manifesto to the people, Tinubu ended up abusing his (Udom’s) principal – Atiku Abubakar – as well as threatening his (Udom’s) life.
Reacting through a statement on Wednesday, a group – Akwa Ibom Integrity Alliance (AIIA) – gave Tinubu and his co-conspirators seven days to retract the threats and to apologise or risk immediate law suit.
Its Chairman, Mr. Stephen Abia, said failure by Tinubu and the organisers of the January 30, 2023 rally to voluntarily retract the unfortunate and unguarded threats to the life of Governor Udom after 24 hours made them to conclude that the threats are real, premeditated and seriously conceived.
He said: “We are hereby constrained to state as follows: That we consider as worrisome, the threat to the life of the Governor of Akwa Ibom State in the shabby outburst by Mr. Tinubu.
“That we take serious exception to such unwarranted, unfortunate, and uncontrollable height of vituperation by Mr. Tinubu on our State and people, as the governor, Mr. Emmanuel without mincing words, is the face of Akwa Ibom State.
“Subsequently, we are giving Bola Tinubu and all his co-conspirators seven days to retract the threats and apologise to the government and people of Akwa Ibom State or risk immediate legal actions.
“That having been accorded the peaceful, serene and secure atmosphere to campaign in Akwa Ibom State, and having been graciously accorded the use of our State facilities by the same Governor Emmanuel, it is crystal clear that the affront was premeditated and out of heavy ill-will and grudging contempt.”
