Umo Eno’s remarks at the event lent credence to a PREMIUM TIMES' report that the governor wants to build political influence across the state, using the large number of aides picked from each of the state’s 368 wards.
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By Akpandem James
Death is not a recent phenomenon, it has always been there, threatening humanity and picking its game at will. No society is isolated from its vengeance, Akwa Ibom State inclusive. It has been stalking prominent people in the state and unleashing its wrath once in a while, even though magnanimous enough to allow reasonable time for mourning and consolation, before taking another.
Last year however, it came with some inexplicable vehemence. It came with a list of some of the most illustrious sons of the state, cutting them down with haste and fury. It was such haste that left the people wondering if it was in a hurry to catch up with the receding year; a year that would be remembered as one which counted the most deaths in contemporary history, across the globe.