The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, has
refused the All Progressives Congress the use of Uyo
Township Stadium for the hosting of President-elect, Maj.
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
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Buhari was scheduled to visit Akwa Ibom on Thursday,
but as the state government denied the APC use of the
Uyo Township Stadium, the visit had to be postponed till
after the governorship and state Houses of Assembly
elections.
The letter denying the APC the use of the stadium
emanated from the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Youth
and Sports, dated April 7, with ref. No. MYS/AD/146/VOL.
11/142 and made available to newsmen on Thursday.
The letter, which was signed by Mr. Nse Edem, on behalf
of the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr. Akan Uko,
stated that the request to use the stadium was denied
because the Peoples Democratic Party in the state had
applied to use it earlier.
"I am directed to refer to your letter of April 6, 2015 on
the request for the use of Uyo Township Stadium and to
inform you that the ministry had already approved the
use of the stadium to the Peoples Democratic Party on
April 9.
"You are by this letter please requested to look for any
other alternative venue since the stadium had already
been booked and would not be free for April 9."
Reacting to the development, the Head of Media and
Publicity, Umana Okon Umana Campaign Organisation,
Mr. Iboro Otongaran, said the President-elect would not
visit the state as scheduled due to the denial of the APC
the use of the venue.
He said that efforts to get alternative venue had proved
abortive as the party was so confident that the Uyo
township stadium would be approved.
He called on the APC supporters not to worry, but to go
out en masse on Saturday to vote for Umana as Akwa
Ibom governor and all other APC candidates in the state
House of Assembly.
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