Following the unprecedented defeat of the then incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan by the All Progressives Congress’ candidate, Mohammadu Buhari, ex Akwa Ibom state gocernor, Godswill Akpabio has reveal why he betrayed Honathan.
Akpabio who is now a senator representing the Ikot Ekpene senatorial District, on Monday confessed that he and other key members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) betrayed former President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 general election.
Speaking to IGBERE TV on a personal grounds, Senator Akpabio said his heart was completely with President Muhammadu Buhari during the polls, but for the fear of public ridicule and risk of being accused of anti-partisanship, he could not openly align with Buhari then.
The immediate past Senate Minority leader stated this After he led elders and leaders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) on a courtesy visit to President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Senator Akpabio who recently dumped the PDP for the ruling APC, also alleged that throughout the 16 years reign of the PDP at the federal level, not a single federal road project was executed.
He also boasted that Akwa Ibom will be the first state from the South-South where the APC will emerge victorious in the 2019 general elections.
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