Exclsuive: Akpabio's plot to scuttle Jonathan's second term ambition exposed!

…as 4 northern governors alert Presidency over evil plot

Attempts by Governor Godswill Obot Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State to bribe four northern governors in order for the governors to withdraw their support for President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 may have backfired as the governors were said to have reported the matter to the presidency, also tendering their bribe money as evidence of Akpabio’s untoward behaviour.

 It emerged early in the week that  Akpabio, who is also the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, is unhappy with  the presidency over the issuance of automatic ticket for his senatorial bid. He was said to have reached out to four of his very influential counterparts in the north to enlist their support in scuttling the president’s rumoured second term ambition.

However, in a dramatic twist and shocked by their colleague’s errant behaviour of overtly declaring support for the president whilst secretly working against him, the quad immediately alerted the presidency to be careful about the way the state house relates with the governor of the oil-rich state. They told the president that the same Akpabio that pledges support for him in the open was actually working against him secretly. The four northern governors also reportedly tendered evidence of the bribe that Akpabio offered them to buttress their story.

Our sources added that the bribery scandal was just one of the many secret plots of the governor of the 'Land of Promise' to undermine the integrity of the president and possibly destroy his aspirations. It was releaved that  Akpabio has been throwing around obscene amount of money in foreign currencies at stakeholders to withdraw their support for the president.

It would be recalled that the President had earlier on in the year barred Governor Akpabio from the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, over his inappropriate conducts of spraying dollars  and pounds on security personnel and other presidential aides.

The ban, according to our source, also came about on account of a series of errant behaviour and disrespect meant to undermine the person and office of the President by governor Akpabio.

As a sign of remorse, Akpabio was said to have begged the President in person for his untoward behaviour with a promise to turn a new leaf. Apart from personally begging the President we learnt that Akpabio also sent elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, to plead for forgiveness from the President on his behalf.

Now that the governor’s colleagues have blown the whistle on him, it is left for the embattled Akpabio to devise a plan to appease the president who was said to have been deeply shocked and disappointed by the revelation of the four northern governors about Akpabio’s dirty schemes