‘Do Not Be Distracted, Akpabio Is A Betrayer’ – Timi Frank Tells Fubara

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has alleged that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, is a betrayal like the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.

This Publisher Nigeria reports that Akpabio while speaking as a special guest of honour at a public lecture and book launch held in Port Harcourt to mark the 57th birthday of Wike, accused River State Governor Sim Fubara of treachery and betrayal against Wike.

In a statement issued Sunday, Frank said Akpabio is a known betrayer and has proven to be a serial betrayer over time.

He stated that Wike and Akpabio betrayed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the past, stressing that the Senate President was unqualified to judge the personality and character of Fubara.

Frank further called on Fubara not to be distracted by Akpabio’s baseless accusations against him.

He said, “The man who spoke is a known betrayer; the man who he was defending is a betrayer. So, a betrayer and treacherous character is most unqualified to tag a more decent and responsible man a betrayer.

“Akpabio has betrayal in his DNA, alongside Minister Wike. Both of them have castigated the APC in the past, only to turn around to wine, dine with and praise the same party. What should we call that? Is it not strange that Akpabio has suddenly become the mouthpiece of Wike, being birds of the same feather?

“Akpabio has proved overtime that he is a Pharisee who sees the speck in another’s eyes whereas he has a log in his. Who is the betrayer? A man who insists that the resources of Rivers State should be used for the benefit of its people and not to serve a godfather or a man who approved four budgets for the President that are running concurrently in 2024?

“Who is a betrayer? A man who is fighting to liberate Rivers State from Wike’s strangle-hold of oppression or a man who turned the 10th Senate into a rubber stamp and an extension of the executive?

“When Akpabio was elected to the Senate in 2015 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, he usurped the position of minority leader from Senator James Manager who was then the most ranking Senator from the South South against established Senate tradition despite being a rookie legislator.