Akpabio never exhibited character of sexual harassment for 50 years I’ve known him, says classmate
Charles Preye Zuofa, a former classmate to the Senate President, Dr. Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed the allegations of sexual harassments against the former Akwa Ibom Governor saying it is inconsistent with Akpabio’s character.
Zuofa, who hails from Kaiama in Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, said for over 50 years he had known the Senate President, nothing of such could describe his character.
He said unless otherwise proven in court, Akpabio had never displayed any attitude suggestive of sexual harassment in the over 50 years he had closely related with him insisting that the Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s allegations and the one made earlier by a former Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Nunueh were all strange to him.
Zuofa, during an interview on Friday, went down memory lane to recall how his relationship with Akpabio started at the Federal Government College (FGC) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State saying Akpabio was fondly called Gody A because of his sense of humour and intelligence.
He said: “Gody A as we used to call him back then in FGC, Port Harcourt was a very intelligent, yet humorous student. Before stand-up comedy became popular in Nigeria, ‘Gody A’ was a stand-up comedian.
He contested I think in our 4th year and won the best DJ and stand-up comedian of the school; it was thereafter that we coined and gave him the nickname ‘Gody A’.
The Senate President was someone who made light of what would ordinarily pass for serious situations. He always cracked jokes to make everyone feel comfortable in his presence.
The Senate President even in his humorous nature was a serious minded, studious and intelligent student who exhibited high level leadership qualities.
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