The Commissioner for Atmosphere and Stable Minerals, Charles Udoh, has refuted a information publication which quoted him as saying that Governor Udom Emmanuel should account for his or her forfeited salaries.
The previous Info Commissioner, in a press release issued on Sunday titled ‘Re: Udom should account for our withheld wages’, described the publication as false, malicious and “blackmail taken too far”.
The assertion learn partially: “My consideration has been drawn to the aforementioned publication, which is my credit score, which has been doing the rounds on social media. I want to state the next:
“That the acknowledged statements are false, malicious and only a figment of the author’s and his sponsor’s creativeness. The incident by no means occurred.
“The mentioned publication is blackmail taken too far with the goal of distracting me from performing official duties and straining my relationship with my boss, the Governor of Akwa Iba State, Mr. Udo Emmanuel.
“I wish to advise the purveyors of this malicious information to redirect their adverse power to rescuing their boss and paymaster from the clutches of monetary crime investigators.
“It’s sickening {that a} gubernatorial candidate who turned the funeral ceremonies of his siblings and shut aides right into a political rally to hurl insults at his opponents and the governor, might sanction such malicious defamatory publications by his aides.
“The excellent news is that Akwa Ibomites are wiser and by no means once more will the blackmailer and his cohorts be allowed entry to the keys to authorities home.
“I’ve instructed my attorneys to discover all authorized means to prosecute the imbeciles behind the defamatory publication, whereas notifying the safety businesses to analyze this botched defamation try.
“My loyalty and allegiance to the completion plan and the succession plan of my boss, the governor of Akwa Ibom State, stays unwavering”.