Mr Umana Okon Umana, has warned blackmailers to leave him alone, following an orchestrated campaign of calumny targeted at him in the last few days.
Umana Okon is the immediate past minister of Niger Delta Affairs under Former President Muhammadu Buhari.
In a statement issued and released to the newsmen, Iboro Otongaran, the media aide to the former minister, said that the campaign of calumny against him was about a ministerial appointment.
He added those behind it should know that it is entirely the prerogative of the president and commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces to appoint whoever he wants to work with.
The statement partly reads: “My position is that blackmailers, those who fabricate stories and those who peddle false stories to malign me because they want ministerial appointments, should leave me alone,” the former minister said.
“They ought to know that the appointment of ministers is the sole prerogative of the president,” he said.
Akwa Ibom APC Renaissance, Umana said issued a false flag write-up last week upon which all the subsequent vitriolic publications have derived their justification.
According to Umana spokesman, Umana saw through their ill-intent and issued a prompt disclaimer, adding that the former stands by the letters and spirit of that disclaimer which is reproduced below.
