The Media Aide to Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, Reverend Richard Peters and the senator representing Akwa Ibom-North-East (Uyo) senatorial district at the National Assembly, Obong Bassey Albert, popularly known as OBA, have disagreed following the revelation by the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, that president Muhammadu Buhari had paid 13% derivation arrears since 1999 to all Governors of Niger Delta States.
Senator Akpan, who is the governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party, YPP during a ward-to-ward campaign in East Itam, Itu Local Government of Akwa Ibom State, said Wike’s disclosure has validated his exposition that Governor Emmanuel received N280 billion from the Federal government without accounting for it.
OBA regretted that despite the huge sums of money received by the governor, the state has nothing to boast about.
However, Governor Emmanuel’s Media Aide, Peters, in a press In a statement tagged” Governor Emmanuel still saddling on Excellence, ”on Sunday described the allegations as ridiculous and defamatory.
