Mrs. Patience Ibanga Akpabio has been disowned and excommunicated from the greater Akpabio family over comments against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and his wife.

The decision by the Akpabio family was taken after Mrs. Patience allegedly rebuffed several warnings to desist from making damning allegations and uncomplimentary comments against the Senate President on social media.

At a briefing, the Greater Akpabio said they are saddened by the actions and comments made by their one of their daughters in-law, Mrs Patience against their highly reverred son and his wife.

The text of the press briefing read by Dr. Joe Akpabio,the deputy family head, said the image of the family has been badly bastardised and would no longer tolerate such disrespect from Mrs. Patience.

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 Akpabioa 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, shame and suggestive of a family unable to manage and control her members. This has never happened and should not have happen at 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 on 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 the our greater family has 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 this 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-honored 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 pubic 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, 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 dealing 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” (The Nation)