VIDEO: Akwa Ibom Governor Speaks After His Daughter Accused Him Of Using Late Wife For Sacrifice

Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has declared that his family is intact despite allegations of ritual sacrifice from his daughter, Jane.

Recall that Jane Edidiong Ufot, the daughter of Akwa Ibom governor Umo Eno, had accused him of sacrificing his deceased wife (her mother), Patience Oluwakemi Umo Eno.

Mrs Ufot, who was appointed as a senior special adviser to the governor on health, safety, and environment, accused her father in a video posted on social media.

The governor’s daughter insisted that she would not be sacrificed the way her mother was, alleging a sinister threat to her life and that of her little daughter.

“I’m not a sacrifice, mummy was, but I’m not,” the governor’s daughter said.

Mrs Ufot handed the phone to her little daughter, who appeared to be on a video call with Mr Eno. Mrs Ufot told her daughter to ask the governor whether he wanted to kill her (his grandchild).

“So, Grandpa, do you want them to kill us?” the minor asked, repeating the question as instructed. “Do you want them to die like my baby brother died?”

There was no audible response from the governor during the exchange, and it remains unclear who the child was referring to when she mentioned “them.”

Mrs Ufot said her life was on the line due to undisclosed revelations that may soon come to light.

“If I die today or my daughter dies. If we die because God is exposing the truth, so be it. But my blood will not go scot-free,” the governor’s daughter cried out.

In an update, Governor Eno blamed the trending video on detractors.

Addressing journalists in Uyo, the state capital, Governor Eno said he is focused and can’t be distracted.

He blamed political detractors for circulating the old video as a tool of distraction

The Governor made the plea while granting audience to some journalists when he attended the 60th birthday ceremony of a former Deputy Governor of the State, Mr. Nsima Ekere, on Saturday.

Eno, who was reacting to a trending video on social media, where her daughter, Jane Eno Edidiong, accused him of sacrificing their mother, Pastor Patience Eno, on the altar of politics, said such was a handy work of detractors.

“My family is intact. We are in political times and so you can expect more of such. You can see everyone here. The event you are talking about happened immediately after my wife passed. That was last year. So why is it surfacing now?

“And why is it on the eve of our second anniversary that we are celebrating a milestone that we have achieved? This tells me that there are detractors around. So all I can say is that my family is intact even here; that is Jane herself with her husband. We have a good family.

“The pressure on the children when they lose their loved one was so traumatic, and we must know that. All I will appeal to the public is that they should not bring back sad memories.

It is enough that I have lost my wife. I pray that they should allow her peaceful soul to rest in peace”. Governor Eno appealed.

He, however, pledged to remain focused on the Akwa Ibom mandate given to him without paying attention to distractions from any direction.

“But I cannot be distracted, I remain focused on my decision to serve Akwa Ibom people, and I don’t wish what happened to me should happen to anyone else but the people throwing this around: if that is what they wish for themselves, I wish them luck. But we are intact as a family.

“I believe even in politics, family should be off limits. I don’t think that was anything serious. I am here. We are good”. The governor stressed.

See Video Below;

Akwaibom state Governor, Umo Eno breaks silence, says his daughter’s trending video is a ploy by political detractors. What’s your view about what’s he said.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/JZao9QNIX7

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