Senator Godswill Akpabio criticised the Archbishop of the Methodist Church for stopping his wife from making political comments during church service
According to The New Telegrah, Unoma Akpabio had asked the congregation to vote for all candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), specifically President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC governorship candidate in the state, Obong (Dr.) Nsima Ekere in 2019. The former First lady spoke at the Methodist Church, Ukana in Essien Udim Local Government Area during a service marking the presentation of the immediate past Secretary to the Akwa Ibom State Government, Sir Etekamba Umoren, as the president of the church. However, the Archbishop, who presided over the church service, got up from where he was sitting and approached Senator Akpabio to express his displeasure over his wife’s political comments. The clergy scolded Akpabio’s wife for using the church service to do political campaign and made attempts to seize the microphone from her. A visibly angry Akpabio, who got hold of the microphone after his wife apologised to the clergy for her action, scolded the Archbishop f...