Lawyer Accuses Tinubu, Eno Of A/Ibom Seaport Deceit, Forced Rally Attendance

Lawyer and human rights activist, Inibehe Effiong, has accused President Bola Tinubu and Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, of deceptive residents over the proposed Ibom Deep-Seaport, whereas condemning the alleged compulsion of residents and civil servants to attend the president’s marketing campaign occasion within the state.

Effiong described Tinubu’s announcement of approval for the institution of the seaport as fraudulent, alleging that successive administrations in Akwa Ibom had repeatedly made related guarantees with out delivering the mission.

Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, introduced on Friday that he had permitted the institution of the Ibom Deep-Seaport in Akwa Ibom State.

Reacting in a press release, Effiong mentioned the announcement was one other try to revive what he described as a fictitious mission that successive administrations had used to deceive residents and allegedly misappropriate public funds.

He recalled that former President Goodluck Jonathan permitted the institution of a seaport in the course of the administration of former Governor Godswill Akpabio.

He added that former President Muhammadu Buhari additionally permitted the identical mission in the course of the administration of Akpabio’s successor, Udom Emmanuel.

According to Effiong, Tinubu’s announcement represents one other approval for a mission that has remained unrealised regardless of related assurances by earlier administrations.

“Today, Tinubu has taken his turn to give yet another approval for a fake seaport that no one has seen,” he mentioned.

The lawyer accused Akpabio, Emmanuel and the incumbent governor, Eno, of constructing deceptive claims concerning the mission throughout their respective administrations.

“They have all appropriated and wasted the resources of the State in the name of a non-existent seaport,” he alleged.

Expressing frustration over the repeated bulletins, Effiong mentioned Akwa Ibom residents had develop into bored with what he described as political deceit surrounding the mission.

“Akwa Ibom people are tired of this deceit and political lunacy,” he mentioned, including that politicians mustn’t assume they may proceed making such claims with out being challenged.

“We have had enough of this seaport approval nonsense in Akwa Ibom,” he added.

Effiong additionally condemned the Akwa Ibom State Government’s preparations for Tinubu’s go to, accusing Governor Eno of shutting down the state for what he described as a partisan political occasion.

He argued that the governor had no justification for presenting Tinubu’s marketing campaign engagement as an official state operate, insisting that the president’s go to was particularly related to his re-election marketing campaign.

“It is shameful that a man who parades himself as a pastor would misrepresent a partisan political event as an official State function,” he mentioned.

Questioning the governor’s choice, Effiong requested whether or not Eno would equally declare a work-free day and direct civil servants to attend marketing campaign occasions organised by presidential candidates of different political events.

He described the alleged directive as irresponsible and unconstitutional, sustaining that public establishments and state assets shouldn’t be deployed for partisan political actions.

The lawyer additionally expressed concern over an accident involving a automobile conveying girls to the airport to welcome Tinubu, which reportedly resulted in a lack of life.

“Akwa Ibom people are not slaves, and we will never allow the deceit and arrogance of failed politicians to go unchallenged,” he mentioned.

Effiong additional criticised Tinubu’s administration, blaming its insurance policies for the hardship skilled throughout the nation and warning that Akwa Ibom was not insulated from the results of the federal authorities’s actions.

“President Tinubu’s disastrous policies and oppressive regime have brought tears, sorrow and blood to Nigeria,” he mentioned.

“Akwa Ibom is not insulated from Tinubu’s misrule.”