RE: IS SENATOR JOHN JAMES

FROM THE DESK OF MR. NSIKAK BEN (FCA)
RE: IS SENATOR JOHN JAMES
AKPAN UDOEDEHE A SAINT?
My attention has been drawn to advertorials in the “Community Pulse of 6/3/10 Page 17 and “Community Shield” of 24/3/10 page 12 captioned “Is Senator John James Akpan Udoedehe a saint”. In particular paragraph three of the advertorials alleged that “As the Chairman of Governor Akpabio's Campaign Organization in 2006, Senator John Akpan Udoedehe collected so much money from many people promising them relevance in the emerging government. Worthy of mention is one Mr. Nsikak Ben, who works in the Presidency. He collected millions of naira from him promising to make him the Accountant General of the State. At present the said Mr. Nsikak Ben is the Chief Accountant attached to the Niger Delta Monitoring Team in the Presidency”.

Ordinarily, I would have ignored and disregarded the said advertorial as the figment of the imagination of professional political jobbers but in our clime, silence is no more golden. It becomes imperative therefore to issue this rejoinder for the sake of the discerning members of the public and in order to put issues in their proper perspective. I want to make it categorically clear that the above allegation so far as it contained in the advertorials under reference is false, misleading, malicious, libelous, damaging, blackmailing and is aimed at scoring a political point; therefore should be disregarded by all right thinking and discerning members of the public.

Whereas it is a fact that I have known distinguished Senator J. J. Akpan Udoedehe from childhood, at no point in year 2006 when he was the Chairman of the Governor Godswill Akpabio's Campaign Organization did I part with millions of naira to him with a promise to be made the Accountant General of the State.

While I may not be ready to join issues or trade vituperations with the masqueraders of “IBIBIO YOUTH CONSCIENCE” with no Registration Control Number and therefore an illegal contraption, it is pertinent to question why are they crying more than the bereaved? When did they become my mouthpiece? For the umpteenth time, I have never solicited the assistance of the so called” IBIBIO YOUTH CONSCIENCE” to hold brief for me and I condemn this emerging politics of cheap blackmail in very strong terms. I am a career civil servant and not a professional politician therefore I do not know what they are talking about.

One piece of advice, I have for the “IBIBIO YOUTH CONSCIENCE” is to engage and embark on projects and programmes that will unite and unify the State with positive impacts on humanity than fester embers of acrimony, strife and political bigotry.

Let the peace of the Father Almighty remain and abide with the State now and forever more-Amen.



Nsikak N. Ben (FCA)
nsi2005us@yahoo.com
P. O. Box 9416, Garki Abuja
29th March, 2010