Following the demise of the former political leader of Ikono Local government area, Prophet Monday Udoidiong and the determination of stakeholders to pick Senator Aloysius Etok as the next political leader for the area, it was gathered that, the governor on hearing about the plan felt threatened and mandated the commissioner for science and technology to thwart the effort.
A government house source who pleaded anonymity said that, the governor doled out millions of Naira to the commissioner in order for Aloysious Etok to be stoped
