The grouse between
the former senator Florence Ita-Giwa and the governor of cross river state have
taken a new turn has the erstwhile senator made it know in an interview in Lagos
that her life is in danger just because she exposed the diversion of the relief
materials meant for IDPs in Dayspring Island by one Effiong Udeme and which she
got back from him and took to the police station.
According to Mama
Bakassi rather than get praises for her action, she got knocks as they turned
the table around and accused her of diverting the relief materials. Not only
that, some disgruntled people of Bakassi she alleged are now calling for her
not to represent Bakassi again and this has made her make up her mind to
relocate all her investments in Cross Rivers state to Lagos state.
She also said she has
no problem abandoning Bakassi which is her father’s town for Calabar South
where her mother came from and under which constituency she contested and
represented them earlier in the House of Representative.
She spoke further
that she can also transfer her love and passion to Ilaro in Ogun state where
her step father is from as she has a cordial relationship with them over there
too.
On why Governor Ayade
is picking on her, Ita-Giwa said: “From my observations, it appears to me that
Gov Ayade feels threatened by my joining the APC for whatever reason. I don’t
recall any other former PDP stalwart in the state who decamped to the APC being
as persecuted as I am. Could it be that Gov Ayade is picking on me because of
my gender or my enormous electoral appeal? I choose to believe the latter as I
would like to believe that Ayade is not a misogynist, and he ought to know that
I have never played gender politics.”
Ukorebi Esien
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