Despite Umana Umana repudiating a fake letter which surfaced on Facebook recently, some people in Akwa Ibom State have latched on to it to unjustly attack the former minister of Niger Delta Affairs.
The fake letter, addressed to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, sought to portray Mr Umana as an “ethnic champion” and a promoter of division within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom, while it (the letter) appeared as though it was campaigning for the former minister to be included in President Bola Tinubu’s yet-to-be-announced cabinet.
The letter bears the name of a faceless group, Akwa Ibom APC Renaissance, as its author.
It said that Mr Umana should be appointed a minister just because he is an Ibibio, the major ethnic nationality in Akwa Ibom.
Umana reacts
“We want to make it crystal clear that Mr Umana has nothing to do with this letter, and that the group is not acting at the behest of the former Minister of Niger…
