office with immediate effect.
TheWill said Ekere tendered his resignation letter this morning after
he was tipped of an advanced plot to begin impeachment proceedings
against him on Thursday,
following heightened tension between himself and Governor Godswill
Akpabio over his governorship ambition in 2015. Political analysts in
Akwa Ibom say Akpabio is backing his current SSG as his successor in
2015.
Updates :
Report reaching Y! News ; that the main reason why the deputy governor
resigned was because the Governor called him over the campaign He was
planning towards his own ambition to run in the election to come ,even
the state assembly told him to stop the Distractions but he refused
to heed to order .
That was why the move to impeach the deputy governor was designed but
the deputy's fast move to resign with honor rather than being
impeached with shame pays...