Donald Duke, a former governor of Cross River State, says he stood asFlorence Ita-Giwa, a former senator’s next of kin when she had breast implant and liposuction….CONTINUE READING...CONTINUE READING
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The former governor revealed this in a statement saying, “On a personal note, I stood in as her person of contact when she did liposuction, breast implant and upliftment, so I consider her somewhat of an aunt, a next of kin. This explains why I have not responded to her diatribes in the past,” he said.
Duke, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said Ita-Giwa had been casting aspersions on his person for a while now.
He described Ita-Giwa as his aunty, saying, “It would be a betrayal of my upbringing to be abusive or cast aspersions on such a personage. Politics should never be a platform that denigrates the ethos of respect to our elders.
“In human interactions, two factors are sacrosanct, age and authority and even more so in the African context. On both counts, Mma Florence is my senior. Indeed, if she were family, she would qualify as my late 94-year-old mother’s immediate junior sister, as none of my aunties are anywhere near her age and I don’t take that lightly.“I recall a former federal minister, telling me that when he started secondary school at Lagos in 1952, Mma Florence the same year commenced training as an auxiliary nurse at Aba. Indeed, Mma Floxy as I fondly and respectfully call her, had aspired and contested the Ms. Nigeria pageant, while I was still a foetus. She contested in April 1961 and I was born much later in September of the same year.
“In 2022, she scoffed at a meeting he held at my residence to harmonize southern aspirants under the platform of the PDP. She was vexed that she was not invited.
“I apologized to her, but made it clear she did not qualify to attend, as 1. She’s not a member of the PDP and although she bears the honorific title of ‘Eka Iban’, in the strict sense, she’s neither Efik nor of southern Cross River origin. She’s paternally from Atabong in Akwa Ibom State and maternally from Umuahia in Abia State.
“Recently, she queried my gender. Frankly, I’m pleased she’s not in a position to confirm as that would have been sacrilegious, but I am indeed a proud father of three biological children,” he added.
Responding to one of the aspersions from Ita-Giwa, Duke said he was not poor before he ran for the office of governor.
“On the issue of me being indigent prior to being elected governor, I needn’t remind her or anyone my pedigree and that I self-sponsored my elections even at that time of political uncertainty….CONTINUE READING
