THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN,
ATAI UYO CONSCIENCE,
NO. 225 ORON ROAD,
UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE.
Comrades,
RE: OPEN LETTER TO ONOFIOK LUKE - "LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD"
I have read many politically motivated publications in recent time of which I have found some insightful, some interesting, some annoying, some disconcerting while some are without classification. One of such publications is your open letter to Onofiok Luke titled: "LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD" and my intent here is to LET THAT TRUTH BE TOLD AS IT TRULY IS.
Nevertheless, before we proceed with that truth let me start by commending you for your community struggle and solidarity. Now, in telling the truth I must proceed by stating categorically here that by my assessment of your letter, it falls under those without credible pedigree. This is because the subject, tenor and motif of the epistle was just another artless display of pedestal shenanigans on political stage.
Thus, if it were intended as a show of amour-propre I must congratulate you for a grand show and nothing pretentious more; reason being that you succeeded in achieving a number of turkeys for yourself.
First, you have successfully justified the age long allegation that the Uyo Federal Constituency is the most ungrateful Federal Constituency in the political history of Akwa Ibom State being that no matter how much juicy and sensitive positions are allocated to you, you still intemperately constitute yourself a distraction to the entire system attempting to sabotage the very government you brag of hosting instead of supporting it to succeed. You have again started very well in this direction - your letter is a credible testimony to this. Accordingly, you claim that Etinan Federal Constituency cannot have both the Speaker of the House of Assembly and Party chairmanship but forget to state that Uyo Federal Constituency comprising four Local Government Areas, namely, Uyo, Uruan, Ibesikpo and Nsit Atai has the highest number of elevated offices in the present administration. In fact, on the last count, Ibesikpo LG has about 3 exalted Offices in this state namely: the office of the Commissioner for Lands/Town Planning in the person of Prince Uwem Ita Etuk; the Office of the Chief Judge of the state as occupied by Justice Stephen Okon whose acting capacity was graciously converted to substantive capacity by the Governor despite contending options and pressures and the Office of the State Accountant General in the person of Mr. Lynus Nkan. Uyo LG on the other hand has the office of the Commissioner for Housing and Urban Renewal in the person of Prince Enobong Emmanuel Uwah while Uruan Local Government maintains the office of the Commissioner for Transport in the person of Prince Godwin Ntukude. Hence, Uyo Federal Constituency alone has three Commissioners in a cabinet of twenty Commissioners. The remaining nine Federal Constituencies without complains have settled for the leftover. Still like one Mr. Nduonyi Uweh - a public affairs analyst- in his recently published open letter to Prince Uwem Ita Etuk on similar subject succinctly puts it - "...in your typical Oliver Twist-like nature you're still crying foul..." Truth is, an elevated Office is an elevated office be it political or civil service because if the state government does not intend it so those occupying it would not have been there no matter their qualifications.
Secondly, you have succeeded in branding as "FOOLISH" those other Federal Constituencies who in the past did not have so much elevated offices in the Government of Akwa Ibom State yet supported it for the posterity of our common wealth. Oron Federal Constituency- a nation of 5 Local Government Areas which can also hold claim to hosting the economic existence of the state is your victim here. Corollary, this act of yours alone can stir serious bitterness amongst the other nine Federal Constituencies thereby unsettling the present administration. Truth is, there are other Federal Constituencies that have more credible claims of possible marginalization than Uyo Federal Constituency but they choose to move on with the Dakkada project for the good of all of us.
Thirdly, you did not economize words in casting aspersions on the person and character of the present speaker of the sixth assembly by your insinuations that he was an ally of the APC gubernatorial candidate and had agreed to rig elections against His Excellency Deac. Udom Emmanuel in event of a rerun. This is too cheap a blackmail to attempt on a good man like Rt. Hon. Barr. Comr. Onofiok Luke. But you still went further to insinuate that he sponsored a barrage of false and negative publications against your kinsman while you failed to furnish examples of such falsehoods published against your golden goose. The truth here is that it was just meant to give a very good dog a bad name to hang it but unfortunately the owner of the dog is God himself.
Fourthly, you pathetically exposed your miserable state to the world as being alone on your isonomic delirium. This is made crystal in your publication attesting to the fact that the entirety of the people of Akwa Ibom state were shocked that Rt. Hon. Aniekan Uko emerged as Speaker of the Sixth assembly instead of Rt. Hon. Barr. Comr. Onofiok Akpan Luke or Rt. Hon. Barr. Ime Okon who were the true contenders for the office and you also sufficiently collaborated yourself when you also stated that the entire people of Akwa Ibom State regardless of party and tribe divides were amok in celebration when Rt. Hon. Barr. Onofiok Luke emerged as speaker. What else do you want from the God and the people of Akwa Ibom State to know whom the cap fits? Perhaps you are ignorant of the axiom "Vox Populi Vox Dei" meaning "The Voice of the People is the Voice of God!" You already bear testament of the political stability of the state with Onofiok Luke as Speaker yet you have opted to cast political sophrosyne to the chinook like a political Judas that you always have been. Yes, a Judas because no matter what is being done in your favour you always find a reason to fight the government of the day if it is not one of your own. You did worse to Sen. Godswil Akpabio during his time as governor of this state despite his transformative legacies yet you celebrate your sons whose performance is in the pedigree of abysmal failure. So it is no surprise that you are now sowing seeds of discord in Gov. Udom's administration. After all, even when Aniekan Uko was Speaker you pitched your tent with Udom's opposition so what assurance do we have that you did not intend to use Aniekan Uko as an instrument to sabotage Udom's administration should he had remained speaker? Truth is, of you truly seek the interest of Uyo Federal Constituency you should be asking for Nsit Atai Local Government to be equally given a juicy office like the other three in your constituency already does instead of asking for more for Ibesikpo.
However, I understand that it is not all of Uyo Federal Constituency that is setting this fire in this house because I also read else where as one of your very notable sons (in the person of Imo Udoima) was asking who and/what is "Atai Uyo" to speak for the party and the people of Uyo Federal Constituency but I have chosen to address the whole of the constituency so that the good men among you will not fold their arms and watch you spoil your collective destiny with your evil.
From the foregoing, I think it is only meet that courtesies be reciprocated in proportional aggression and yours is long overdue for reprise. So let me as a stakeholder in the common wealth of our collective destiny as a state take the liberty of doing the needful and dutifully so by advising you to stop this madness of yours. Akwa Ibom is on the road to actualizing destiny and cannot afford to be distracted with non issues like this. If you must add more political feathers to your wings I think you should concentrate on negotiating for the position of the Party Leadership because the tenure of the present state party chairman has already come to an end which you are very much aware of but mischievously chose to count it for Etinan Federal Constituency. And if I may ask if Onofiok Luke relinquishes the Office of the Speaker to you in addition to the other 3 Commissioners, Chief Judge and Accountant General that you already have while Obong Paul Ekpo whose tenure has expired as State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) hands over what will this Etinan Federal Constituency have then? Now tell us the truth as it truly is - "Who is really greedy and unreasonable...?"
Thank you for your anticipated truthfulness.
OKPO EWA ESQ.
HUMANITY CHAMBERS,
260 IDORO ROAD, UYO,
AKWA IBOM STATE.
okpoewa2@gmail.com
08029935535
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