Is The New SSG The Missing Piece In The Akwa Ibom Puzzle?

Mr. Udom Emmanuel

It was really an amazing sight yesterday, at the departure lounge of the Akwa Ibom International Airport as Aero passengers waited for few hours for a plane to fly them to their destinations. The delay was as a result of the unfriendly landing weather.

However, the stranded passengers didn't just let the wait waste away as they seized the opportunity to exchange pleasantries with friends and colleagues as if they were meeting for the first time in ages.

What really caught our attention was when the new SSG, Mr. Udom Emmanuel strolled in. Hardly did anyone notice his presence. No excessive security barricade round him, neither did he isolate himself from others, but moved round exchanging banters with people wearing an IBB smile on his face. On hearing that the Deputy Governor, Nobel Lady Valerie Ebe was in the VIP lounge, he moved in there and in a very subtle manner, greeted Her Honour and then made his way back to the regular lounge.

On getting back to the lounge, he met with some nice gentlemen we may conclude are his close friends (before government) and they all stood for the entire time waiting for the Aero plan discussing and laughing. Indeed, it was really a happy moment for them and an intriguing one for others who noticed the interactions.

The high point of the whole drama was this. When he finished with his friends, he went back to the VIP lounge, making his way to the side of the Deputy Governor, and sat on the arm of the same chair Her Honour was sitting on.

Many wouldn't have noticed this symbolic event of oneness in this new team, which at that point, may have established a family bond capable of aiding His Excellency, Chief Godswill Akpabio discharge the final lap of his administration smoothly without rancour. We believe majority of Akwa Ibomites will love to see more of such incidents and in most cases with His Excellency, Chief Akpabio in the picture.

The incident played a flash back into the 1st term of this administration where Their Excellencies, Chief Godswill Akpabio and Engr. Patrick Ekpotu held hands singing one of Bob Marley's greatest hit...'ONE LOVE'.

While we were there admiring the duo of Her Honour and the SSG, a borading call was announced and they both stood up and made their way to the waiting aircraft.

Inside the plane? You want to know what happened? Your guess is as good as mine.

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