Protesters shut Akwa Ibom office in Abuja over failed promise by Akpabio

The Akwa Ibom state Liaison office in Abuja has been locked down by protesters over the alleged failure of Governor Godswill Akpabio to fulfill his promise to pay each staff N50,000 for travelling home to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the recent general elections.

The protesting staffers, who noted that the governor promised to pay them generous Christmas bonus for 2014 but has so far failed to keep his words, explained that he had promised them general financial incentive if they could travel to Akwa Ibom from their Abuja base to vote for his anointed candidate in the governorship election.

Perceiving the offer as irresistible, the protesters said many of them travelled the over 634 kilometres by road to vote for the state PDP governorship candidate on April 11, 2015.

They regretted that over a month since they returned, Akpabio has failed to pay up, even though his anointed candidate won the election.

It was gathered that having quietly pressurized Akpabio for weeks, the staff ran out of patience and resorted to protesting on Monday to compel the governor to pay before handing over to his successor on Friday.

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