GOV. AKPABIO BARRED FROM ASO-ROCK BY JONATHAN

Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio, the Akwa Ibom State governor may have been barred from the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, over what insiders refer to as...
his "poor comportment and misbehaviour" inside the seat of
the Nigerian federal government.
During a recent visit to the Aso Rock Villa, the governor of the
oil-rich state and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Governors' Forum was, during a recent visit to the Aso Rock Villa,
said to have distributed large sums of dollars to security men and
presidential aides who were on duty inside the Villa, which got to the
ears of the President.
Governor Akpabio's seemingly corrupt influences may have prompted the
decision of President Goodluck Jonathan, to bar him from the villa.
Akpabio is said to be in the corrupt habit of sharing thousands of
dollars to staff of the presidential villa during his visits.
So much so that staff of the villa always looks forward to his visit
and sometimes, hang around the premises even when they would have
completed their shift in anticipation of Akpabio's dollar rain!
Akpabio recently paid another unscheduled visit to Aso Rock unaware of
the President's stance over his reckless behavior.
He was therefore expecting the usual red carpet reception from the
staff, but to his shock was denied entry and had to turn back with his
entourage in shame.
Acting on "orders from above" the security details refused to open the
gate for him and asked him instead to go back to avoid further
embarrassment.
It was rude shock when the governor attempted to speak with the
Nigerian First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan over the issue.
The First Lady, in her characteristic bluntness told Akpabio who has
made Abuja his second home to go back to Uyo and exercise his mandate
of governing Akwa Ibom state instead of turning himself into a
nuisance in Abuja.
Godswill Akpabio has lately acquired the reputation of an "unserious
governor" who is always giving away hefty sums of state resources for
flimsy reasons.
The governor's sponsorship of singer Tuface Idibia's marriage to Annie
Macauley, an indigene of Akwa Ibom state in faraway Dubai also earned
him the nickname of "Donatus".
Akpabio's gift of N50 million to Nollywood among several other
donations, in the recent past, seems not to have gone down well with
some indigenes of the state who are wallowing in poverty over unpaid
salary.
Akpabio has also been accused by the residents of Uyo of abandoning
Akwa Ibom state, a state he fought so hard to govern especially during
his campaign for re-election for Abuja, where he is said to be
operating from.
"Our Governor now lives in Abuja and does not seem to care about
whatever happens here. He only parachutes in to commission projects or
declare open seminars and workshops and thereafter goes back to
Abuja", said a senior party official who would not want his name in
print.
Akpabio's very frequent visits to the Presidential villa and his
unruly behaviour were said to be giving President Goodluck Jonathan
some serious concerns, and may have informed Jonathan's decision to
restrict his visit to the Villa. Akpabio, a PDP poster boy is for now
at some crossroads over the turn of events.