APC condemns VeryDarkMan’s assault on Akpabio over Pope’s funeral journey

The South-South Zonal chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Sunday gave fashionable social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, in any other case generally known as VeryDarkMan, one week to tender an apology to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, over the way he disparaged him in his newest video.

Whereas urging him to attract a line between activism and slander, the APC additionally admonished him in opposition to going after the previous Akwa Ibom governor once more in future.

The warning was contained in an announcement issued in Abuja by the Zonal Organizing Secretary of the South-South APC, Blessing Agbomhere.

Agbomhere was reacting to the social media sensation’s scathing verbal assault at Akpabio for main a five-man federal authorities delegation to the funeral of Pope Francis on the Vatican final Saturday.

Within the three-minute viral video, VeryDarkMan described Akpabio’s presence in Rome as ‘shameful,’ insisting that the Senate president lacked the ethical standing to attend the Pope’s funeral when he must be paying a condolence go to to Benue, Plateau, Kwara, Ogun, Enugu and different states presently bedevilled by killings.

However the APC chieftain kicked, accusing VeryDarkMan of calling the South-South politician names all within the identify of activism.

He mentioned, “VeryDarkMan is turning into infamous for blackmail, slander and character assassination whereas pretending to be an advocate for the lots and social crusader. The unwarranted verbal assault on the quantity three citizen of Nigeria who didn’t ship himself to Rome however was duly nominated by the President to steer a delegation to signify Nigeria. What precisely is fallacious with that?

“Being a religious Catholic and household man with unblemished character, President Tinubu noticed in Akpabio a worthy ambassador of Nigeria to such an occasion because the Pope’s funeral and wasted no time in thrusting that duty on him. What’s fallacious with that?

“I’m, with this assertion, issuing VeryDarkMan a one-week ultimatum to instantly tender an unreserved apology to the Senate president for the slanderous feedback and to desist from additional bringing the integrity of the President Bola Tinubu led administration into disrepute within the eyes of the worldwide group.”

Persevering with, Agbomhere additionally urged Nigerians to disregard the ‘uninformed ranting’ of the social media influencer.

In line with him, the present administration is working assiduously behind the scenes to sort out the pervasive insecurity throughout the nation, which it inherited from earlier administrations.

“Upon his return from France and the UK, Tinubu met with the safety chiefs and throughout the assembly, he gave them marching orders to make sure that a distinct method is deployed within the battle in opposition to insecurity. Does this sound like a person who shouldn’t be severe about defending the lives and property of Nigerians?

“Thoughts you, the complicated safety issues within the nation can’t be wished away with a wave of the hand; it takes time to realize a semblance of peace, and that could be a dedication that the Tinubu-led administration made to Nigerians whereas assuming workplace and remains to be dedicated to attaining” the assertion learn.