Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has sacked the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Udo Ekpenyong.
The Commissioner for Information, Charles Udoh, confirmed to Premium Times that Ekpenyong was sacked yesterday.
The government did not give reasons for Ekpenyong’s removal, but sources close to the Government House, Uyo, said that government’s action had to do with an alleged friction between the governor and his predecessor, Godswill Akpabio.
Premium Times could not independently verify the information at press time.
Akpabio, who is the Senate Minority Leader, a few days ago accused Governor Emmanuel of neglecting his Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district since he took over from him.
Akpabio’s remark was said to had unsettled Emmanuel and his loyalists because of its implications for the governor’s aspiration to seek for re-election.
