Mrs Patience Ibanga Akpabio has been officially disowned and excommunicated from the Greater Akpabio Family over her comments against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and his wife.
The Akpabio family reached this decision after Mrs Patience allegedly ignored several warnings to stop making damaging allegations and uncomplimentary remarks about the Senate President on social media.
During a press briefing, the Greater Akpabio Family expressed deep disappointment over the conduct and statements of one of their daughters-in-law, Mrs Patience, towards their highly respected son and his wife.
The statement, read by Dr Joe Akpabio, the Deputy Family Head, explained that the family’s reputation had been severely tarnished and that such disrespect from Mrs Patience would no longer be tolerated.
The family said, “The attention of our family, THE GREATER AKPABIO FAMILY, has been drawn to various viral videos in circulation, a certain wife in our family, Mrs Patience Ibanga Akpabio, making disparaging comments, unwholesome remarks and insulting our great son in the person of the Senate President, His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON, his dear wife, Her Excellency, Dr. (Mrs) Ekaette Unoma Akpabio, and others.
“Following this development, we had through our family head, and a public notification, served the said Mrs Patience Ibanga Akpabio a traditional injunction, demanding that she immediately cease and desist from making further statements about the person of HE, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON, his wife, HE, Dr. (Mrs.) Ekaette Unoma Akpabio, and other members of the Greater Akpabio family.
“Regrettably and most unfortunately, she has continued in her tirade, thus ignoring the injunction by the family. This in itself has brought the family to public ridicule and shame, and suggested a family unable to manage and control its members. This has never happened and should not have happened in the first instance.
“The family is deeply saddened that despite the assurances of our son and her husband, Barr Ibanga Akpabio, that she will cease and desist immediately from her actions in view of the negative attention generated, the aspersions and insults directed at the persons of the Senate President, his wife and indeed our greater family have continued unabated.
“As you may probably know, the Greater Akpabio Family has very well-known norms of respect, unity and age-long channels to address grievances. To see that these norms and channels were not adhered to is regrettable. We therefore condemn these actions in their entirety.
“Such acts are destructive and an affront to our collective survival and development, while also being repulsive to family and human dignity. They undermine the essence of our core family values while bringing unnecessary distraction and suffering to our communities.
“We are united in rejecting these actions and reaffirming our commitment to upholding the time-honoured ideals of respect, unity and constructive engagement that have always defined us as a family.
“The Greater Akpabio family shall not condone any act or behaviour that shall bring the family to disrepute or public opprobrium as exemplified by Mrs Patience Ibanga Akpabio’s current conduct and attitude.
“Consequently, we strongly denounce the unwarranted and repeated attacks on our esteemed son and Pride of our Family, President of the Senate, His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON. We are immensely proud of his exemplary representation of our family and senatorial district and his remarkable achievements as the President of the Senate.
“As a family, we hereby use this medium to place a disclaimer on the person of Mrs Patience Ibanga Akpabio as being a wife, representative, and/or member of the Greater Akpabio Family, while also excommunicating her from the family.
“Consequent upon this, the family hereby warns all members of the public to desist from any dealings with Mrs Patience Ibanga Akpabio as a member of our Greater Akpabio family. It is sad that she has pushed us to this line of action by her untoward and satanic actions.”
