{"id":94812,"date":"2022-05-11T21:19:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T20:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94812"},"modified":"2022-05-11T21:19:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T20:19:29","slug":"akpabio-obeys-buharis-order-resigns-as-niger-delta-affairs-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/akpabio-obeys-buharis-order-resigns-as-niger-delta-affairs-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Akpabio obeys Buhari&#8217;s order, resigns as Niger Delta Affairs Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1732559759805208505\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Less that 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari&#8217;s marching order, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio has become the second cabinet member to resign his appointment in pursuit of his presidential ambition in 2023.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the aftermath of the Wednesday&#8217;s Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, Buhari had ordered all cabinet members eyeing elective offices to quit before May 16.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Disclosing Akpabio&#8217;s resignation in a statement made available on Wednesday night, Cheif Press Secretary to the Minister on Media, Jackson Udom, confirmed that: \u201cthe Minister has resigned. He has submitted his resignation letter to the SGF. We are waiting for him at the ICC, where he is coming to submit his nomination form\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The statement strongly debunked rumours that Akpabio has withdrawn from the 2023 presidential race, adding that &#8220;he will soon submit his nomination form at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, in line with his party&#8217;s guidelines&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Our attention has been drawn to mischievously written news stories making the rounds by paid agents of some politicians, that the leading presidential aspirant, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has purportedly withdrawn from the presidential race. This is a joke carried too far.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;This is certainly the handiwork of those who are scared of contesting\u00a0 against Senator Godswill Akpabio.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Senator Akpabio has resigned his appointment as Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry and will soon submit his nomination form at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, in line with his party&#8217;s guidelines.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;For those behind this lies and falsehood, we advise that they should learn to live with the reality, that Senator\u00a0 Akpabio is fully in the race, not only for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket, but to emerge the next democratically elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,&#8221; the statement added.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less that 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari&#8217;s marching order, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. 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