The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday described as unfounded the allegation by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio has engaged a section of the media to smear the image of former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, in the ongoing Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) trial.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, in a statement on Friday, alleged that Akpabio compromised sections of the media to circulate falsehood, misrepresentations and baseless allegations of corruption against Emmanuel with the sole aim of discrediting the opposition party.
Reacting to the allegation, APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, in a statement yesterday, said the opposition PDP has lost in the hall of honour, stressing that as an expired and an already discredited party, there was nothing left to be discredited in PDP.
Exonerating the Senate President of any complicity in the ordeal of the former governor, the ruling party argued that Akpabio remained “laser-focused on weaving a strong legislative pillar of support for the bold and transformative reform agenda of our determined President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” than to be involved in Emmanuel’s trial.
The statement reads: “In its characteristic absurdness, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has claimed that it was privy to “a well-oiled scheme” by His Excellency, Senator Godswill Akpabio, President of the Senate, to “compromise a section of the media to engage in smear campaign through circulation of falsehood and misrepresentations against Udom Emmanuel, former Governor of Akwa Ibom State,” as part of efforts to “discredit the PDP”.
“It is rather comical that the PDP thinks itself capable of being discredited when it knows quite well there is absolutely nothing left of it that can be discredited, even by the most strenuous effort.
“The PDP has done a fantastic job of stripping itself bare of purpose and prestige, and needs no help from anyone, certainly not in the calibre of the President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly.”
Dismissing the allegation, Morka maintained that “the PDP offered no iota of information to substantiate its madcap allegation. To be clear, the President of the Senate has no involvement in any smear campaign or in instigating the country’s anti-graft agencies against Udom Emmanuel.
“The PDP and Udom Emmanuel must know that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) are agencies with wide statutory powers to investigate and prosecute cases of corruption in our country.
“If Udom Emmanuel has been invited by the agencies, he should quietly go and answer to the allegations. It is not, and should not become an occasion for PDP to cast lots or go berserk about imagined political foes they allege may be behind the allegations.
“Public officials from across political parties and the private sector have faced scrutiny by anti-graft agencies. Udom Emmanuel’s case cannot and must not be an exception.
“The former Governor should only be concerned about reacting to the allegations and clearing his name.”
Throwing jabs at the opposition party, Morka argued that one “would think that decrepit PDP would keep itself usefully occupied in search of therapy for its self-inflicted paralysis, and finding a courageous Volunteer Aspirant to fly its tattered flag in the November, 2025, governorship election in Anambra State.
“The PDP and Udom Emmanuel should leave the President of the Senate out of their hot mess. Senator Akpabio remains laser-focused on weaving a strong legislative pillar of support for the bold and transformative reform agenda of our determined President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
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