ABIA State government has attacked the Senate Minority Leader and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio, over a statement credited to him that kidnapping in return for money started in the state.

The government said that Akpabio’s claim was “erroneous and misleading.”

Akpabio was said to have made the claim, Wednesday, on the floor of the Senate while contributing to the debate on Joint Committee Report on Police Affairs, National Security and Intelligence.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Godwin Adindu said that Akpabio was trying to re-write history.

“This declaration by the Distinguished Senator is an attempt to re-write history whilst history remains constant. The most anti-human crime of kidnapping in all its ramifications, either for ransom or as a form of protest, remains a child of the Niger Delta. It was born and nurtured in the Niger Delta. Its roots go deep into the creeks.

“Kidnapping in other places was an off-shoot of the failure of the management of the Amnesty Programme, when non-indigenes who were recruited to the barter trade of oil in exchange for arms and hard currency were excluded from the national amnesty programme.

“The creek warlords had long started kidnapping for money before President Umaru Yar’Adua introduced the pacification and rehabilitation programme.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/abia-govt-faults-sen-akpabios-claim-kidnapping/

I thought a moniker LadyExcellency Said this statement accredited to akpabio was not true but propaganda to cause dissaffection btw ss and se..case of allowing emotion to becloud ones thinking

The Senate minority leader said it all... The militants kidnapped oil workers and expatriates to press home their demands which of course we condemned but was done as a last resort... But the Aba guys changed it to business, they could kidnap for even recharge card.

Blizzy9ja:
The Senate minority leader said it all... The militants kidnapped oil workers and expatriates to press home their demands which of course we condemned but was done as a last resort... But the Aba guys changed it to business, they could kidnap for even recharge card.

I guess those expatriates were released without money being paid for their release..you must think those were living in ph those days are fools

Akpabio was very unprofessional in his statement . He was almost making careless statement like the 19 stupid northern governors. Akpabio should go and sort out child witch scandal in his villages.

The most anti-human crime of kidnapping in all its ramifications, either for ransom or as a form of protest, remains a child of the Niger Delta. It was born and nurtured in the Niger Delta. Its roots go deep into the creeks.

No 1 rule of shared goal is "never ever point out real or perceived faults of your Friends/Family / Associates in Public... They would never pat you on the back or appreciate it... right or wrong, good or bad, it's LIFE.

The knee jerk reaction is to trade blames...

modath:





No 1 rule of shared goal is "never ever point out real or perceived faults of your Friends/Family / Associates in Public... They would never pat you on the back or appreciate it... right or wrong, good or bad, it's LIFE.

The knee jerk reaction is to trade blames...

Who is the SENATE PRESIDENT of Nigeria

TANTUMERGO007:

Who is the SENATE PRESIDENT of Nigeria

You of course!!! Slow and steady wins the race..

Keep Laughing, he who laughs last, laughs best.

modath:


You of course!!! Slow and steady wins the race..

Keep Laughing, he who laughs last, laughs best.

as far as you laugh best(last) come 2019, for now i will keep laughing till 2019

Simeonnwabeks:


That person is Ngwakwe, a disgraced former nairaland mod that blame everyone for anything. Lol

When they can't beat your intelligence, analytical prowess and exposure, then comes "Who is that lady"?

Ask no further, I am or rather, I was one of the PDP Youth's new media representatives.

Swerve and get lost.

asha80:
I guess those expatriates were released without money being paid for their release..you must think those were living in ph those days are fools

Like I said the kidnap den was to press home their demands which was not always financial

LadyExcellency:


When they can't beat your intelligence, analytical prowess and exposure, then comes "Who is that lady"?

Ask no further, I am or rather, I was one of the PDP Youth's new media representative.

Swerve and get lost.

PDP youtths new media representative.
The PDP of Nigeria or the PDP of Biafr.a

Blizzy9ja:
Like I said the kidnap den was to press home their demands which was not always financial

it might have started like that but it truly derailed..i mean as at 2007 people dey waka ph dey raised hand.
What did you think caused the army to tell people to do that?when expatriates started leaving ph who did the militants turn to and what was their motive then?

Blizzy9ja:
Like I said the kidnap den was to press home their demands which was not always financial

Commercialised kidnapping started in port Harcourt, not the creeks or aba, a lot of kids where kidnapped then.

TANTUMERGO007:

Who is the SENATE PRESIDENT of Nigeria

Silly Question, you've been stalking that lady, looks like u have a crush on her.

asha80:
it might have started like that but it truly derailed..i mean as at 2007 people dey waka ph dey raised hand.
What did you think caused the army to tell people to do that?when expatriates started leaving ph who did the militants turn to and what was their motive then?

Yea... i rmbr, wen the expatriates left they turned to the extremely rich... it didn't really get to wat is obtainable in Abia state... those peeps kidnap anybody, they don't care, and am speaking from experience cuz a close friend of mine was a victim

Proudlyngwa:

Silly Question, you've been stalking that lady, looks like u have a crush on her.

modath is someone i love so much

Proudlyngwa:


PDP youtths new media representative.
The PDP of Nigeria or the PDP of Biafr.a

The same way there are some members of British Parliament from Social Democratic Party, Tory and Labour advocating for the Independence of Scotland. It doesn't make them less British now the referendum failed.

It just about doing it in a civilized way. It's just an ideology.

modath:





No 1 rule of shared goal is "never ever point out real or perceived faults of your Friends/Family / Associates in Public... They would never pat you on the back or appreciate it... right or wrong, good or bad, it's LIFE.

The knee jerk reaction is to trade blames...

Akpabio was very unprofessional with that statement.
That was a direct insult to Abia state and a misleading lie. The knee jerk reaction is not to trade blames but to correct wrong impressions.
In a sane environment, we would be investigating why the situation normalized when useless former governor T. A Orji, decamped from PPA to PDP

TANTUMERGO007:

modath is someone i love so much

Good luck with that,
Someone you love so much, or someone you love looking for her trouble so much.

It will be easier for you to win miss Nairaland than to win mo.
Once again Good luck with that.

Proudlyngwa:

Good luck with that,
Someone you love so much, or someone you love looking for her trouble so much.

It will be easier for you to win miss Nairaland than to win mo.
Once again Good luck with that.

modath got a kind heart, she is not as 'wicked' as you think

LadyExcellency:


The same way there are some members of British Parliament from Social Democratic Party, Tory and Labour advocating for the Independence of Scotland. It doesn't make them less British now the referendum failed.

It just about doing it in a civilized way. It's just an ideology.

You might be right, but the platform for Scotland and Biafr.a are different, it would have been better referencing catalonia.
Thank God you said it dosent make them less British now the referendum failed.
Hope you are no less a Nigerian now that Biafr.a hasnt been actualized

TANTUMERGO007:

modath got a kind heart, she is not as 'wicked' as you think

Who said she is wicked looks like u and twisting words are like bread and butter.

Proudlyngwa:

Who said she is wicked looks like u and twisting words are like bread and butter.

Proudlyngwa:

Akpabio was very unprofessional with that statement.
That was a direct insult to Abia state and a misleading lie. The knee jerk reaction is not to trade blames but to correct wrong impressions.
In a sane environment, we would be investigating why the situation normalized when useless former governor T. A Orji, decamped from PPA to PDP

Saying that kidnapping started from the creeks and that Aba kidnaps was an offshoot is trading blames or don't you think so? Conflict resolution should have been "You are not being truthful" and end it at that without referencing amnesty (that most know only empowers warlords ,)& creeks which is likely going to encourage a rebuttal ;... or don't you think so?

But where is lalasticlala sef

"Kidnapping in other places was an off-shoot of the failure of the management of the Amnesty Programme, when non-indigenes who were recruited to the barter trade of oil in exchange for arms and hard currency were excluded from the national amnesty programme." Antithesis!

modath:


Saying that kidnapping started from the creeks and that Aba kidnaps was an offshoot is trading blames or don't you think so? Conflict resolution should have been "You are not being truthful" and end it at that without referencing amnesty (that most know only empowers warlords ,)& creeks which is likely going to encourage a rebuttal ;... or don't you think so?

I meant to say the Abia state government response was a defense mechanism triggered response which ended up being a counter attack. It was also done to set the record straight that commercialised kidnapping had its base in the creeks not abia state, which I faulted in another post, comercialised kidnapping didnt start in abia state or the creeks and had nothing to do with amnesty. Commercialised kidnapping started in the streets of port Harcourt as a copy of creek kidnapping which even though it was wrong, was done to acquire arms and press home some points.
I witness all this and thats why I am pained with Akpabios statement that Abia made kidnapping lucrative, which I say is a big fat lie

Proudlyngwa:

Who said she is wicked looks like u and twisting words are like bread and butter.

You want like 10 different monikers to "harass" you ba?

Just ignore that character, Mo is used to their antics.

modath:


You want like 10 different monikers to "harass" you ba?

Just ignore that character, Mo is used to their antics.

Actually proudlyngwa is having his off today, and will use this opportunity to test his hate-armor.
Remember a better Nigeria starts with you.