AKWA Ibom Deputy Governor, Mr. Nsima Ekere, on Wednesday resigned without official explanation.
His Chief Press Secretary, Inemesi Ina, in a statement, said Ekere resigned “on personal grounds” and declined to elaborate.
The Civil Liberties Organisation chairman in the state, Mr. Clifford Thomas, described Ekere’s resignation as a conspiracy.
He added that Ekere had been nursing the ambition to contest the governorship of the state.
“Ekere is not going empty just like that, he is going to disclose a lot of things; there are arm-twisting.
“It’s a very sad thing: I want to see competition in this state and not arm twisting people. He might have endured a lot of things.”
A source, who spoke with correspondents, stated that Akpabio starved Ekere of funds.
He said, “Ekere fell out with Akpabio because of his interest in running for the PDP’s governorship ticket in 2015 election.
“Akpabio prefers SSG, Okon Umana, for governorship ticket in 2015 to Ekere. This has led to a frosty relationship between the two. He might have resigned owing to frustration.” He added