Mr Imoh Etimudo , a commentator on national issues, wrote from Uyo.
The majesty of the moment is that the Governor epitomises a fresh faith in the old dream of the creation of Akwa Ibom.

He matches the monumental task of developing a hitherto backward state with hard work and dedication, implementing an outsize vision to the letter. A polyvalent transformer, his governance is in the name of the people. Whatever is not for the interest of the people is not for the Akwa Ibom he superintends.

Akpabio has promoted Akwa Ibom upstairs in a grand scale calibrated in a leadership of service to the people. By his vision, the state’s flag of rare transformation unfurls across the Atlantic Ocean.

This, he does with passion, and a propeller-annoyance driven by nobility of ideas. The development enthusiast knew which plan upon which a solid edifice could be built for the state, scraping all shaky foundations of the past. Akwa Ibom then became one big construction site for infrastructure and other key development sectors.

Then industrialisation took off with the speed of light. The state had joined the champions league of development. Achieving all these is not easy. Like they say, much water has passed under the bridge:

His sleepless nights, their blackmails and names calling, among other banal tactics. But the joy is that the people know the difference between corrosive and corrective fingers, and a jingle and a song: time and precedents. But Akapbio, the change colossus bears God’s seal. That is why he has been able to tackle frontally, the challenges of the state by all standards, valiantly fording the tempestuous seas of hunger, poverty, disease, illiteracy and insecurity.

The real McCoy, as he was once described by Ray Ekpu, the award winning veteran journalist of Akwa Ibom extraction, the growth of Akwa Ibom has no reverse. It soars higher and higher to the purified height of industrial revolution which now forms the thrust of the administration’s second term. As the Governor would always say, even if he were to contest elections ten times in the state, he would win ten times. Yes, because elections are not won on the pages newspapers or from ‘foreign’ lands. People vote for what they see, especially as it positively affects their lives.

This is the story of the uncommon transformation praxis in the state. Even ACN knows that this is not the Akwa Ibom of yesterday, development-wise. Honestly they do. And they say it. Except that they are ‘ignorant’ that to parade half-truth is to stand honesty on its head. Now that for the umpteenth time, the judicial hammer hit a head, it seems someone is realising that you do not enter the parlour of power through the window, irrespective of your desperation or incurable optimism, especially when the archives of infamous records were not set ablaze during the ‘burn to rule’ outing.  The court, they say, is a temple for justice.

The chief priests of this temple have spoken repeatedly, that there is no going back on Governor Godswill Obot Akpabio’s landslide victory in the April governorship election in Akwa Ibom State. Or do we re-write the law? No! This means Akpabio bears the victory seal willingly given to him by God through contra-myopic men.

It is even expected of all to support the Governor in his transformation renaissance, just as we partake in celebrating the sealed victory, and in dancing to the sweet sound of infectious melodies that reign the air. Court!