He told the meeting that he couldn’t surrender the government to the former governor to run from Abuja, hence, their parting of ways. He told the meeting that he did everything to please Akpabio but that he couldn’t be satisfied.
He opened up to the meeting that he had to resort to legal tactics to stop the EFCC from probing how the former governor spent State funds when he was in power but yet he couldn’t be satisfied.
The Governor said his estranged godfather is too proud, egoistic and arrogant and that it took him a lot to condone him.
But some of the stakeholders who spoke at the meeting lamented that the party could be in big trouble in the State as so many people may follow Akpabio to APC.
A lawmaker hinted that some members of the House of Assembly are on their way out of the party. The meeting agreed that some chieftains of the party be watch-listed as they may be moles for Akpabio who is all out to dislodge Udom from power come next election.
On the 2019 election, the Governor told the meeting to brace up for tough and rough times as there are plans by the APC to rig him out of power using federal might and INEC.