2face and Annie Idibia got a
brand new Toyota Prado SUV from the Akwa Ibom state governor, Godswill Akpabio,
as wedding gift. The state government today released a photo showing Annie and
2face being presented with the SUV by the state's commissioner for Information,
Aniekan Umanah.
Not only did governor
Akpabio give them an SUV, he also promised to fund the traveling expenses of 20
of Annie's family members to their Dubai wedding.
The generous wedding gift
from the governor caused a lot of tongue to wag online forcing the Akwa Ibom
State government to release a statement defending it.
See their statement after
the cut...
Following spurious and false
speculations in the social media concerning the wedding gift by Governor
Godswill Akpabio to Mrs. Annie Innocent Idibia, née Macaulay, I wish to state
as follows:
That the Governor of Akwa
Ibom State Chief Godswill Akpabio, donated ONE Prado jeep to Mrs. Annie
Innocent Idibia, nee Macaulay a daughter of Akwa Ibom State and renowned artist
during her traditional marriage at Eket.
That the State Governor as a
token of support for the couple promised to fund the traveling expenses
(economy return tickets) for only 20 relatives of Mrs. Annie Idibia Macaulay to
Dubai, where the couple have chosen to wed.
“That looking carefully at
the surrounding events in perspective, Mrs. Annie Idibia, nee Macaulay is a
daughter of Akwa Ibom State and the gift of a Prado SUV from her governor is
only a gesture of love and goodwill. Her resolve to stand by her husband on his
journey right from his days of youthful beginnings to stardom even in the face
of challenges was commendable and a true attribute of the Akwa Ibom women.
“That It is however
unbecoming that mischief makers and enemies of progress have decided to inflame
the social media with incongruous reports that the State Government is
sponsoring an entourage of party supporters to the wedding in Dubai, when in
fact the Government is only sponsoring the travel expenses of twenty of her
family members at an estimated cost of roughly Three Million Naira
(N3,000,000.00) only.
“I wish to therefore urge
members of the public to discountenance the misrepresentations made out of a
well intentioned act of the governor.”
The state commissioner for
Information, Aniekan Umanah.
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