I Don’t Know How The Organizers Found How I Looked During Civil War And Showed Me” Godswill Akpabio

Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, has recounted a moment from 2012 when he was honored as Man of the Year by Silverbird TV.

In a video shared by Arise TV, Akpabio said while attending the event in Lagos, a video from the BBC was shown, featuring a young boy suffering from Kwashiorkor. He said the footage was from the time of the Civil War, and he was surprised when he realized that he was the young boy in the video.

Akpabio said he was surprised about how the event organizers managed to locate and present footage of him from the Civil War. He said he told his wife that he was the young boy in the video and she initially couldn’t believe it.

You can watch the video here. Fast-forward to 3:16

In Godswill Akpabio’s words: “Many years ago in 2012 or thereabout, I was made man of the year by Silverbird and I went to Lagos and something happened where I was sitting. They showed a film from BBC of a young boy with Kwashiorkor and they said this was from the Civil War. I looked at the child and suddenly I realized the child had my big head. I don’t know how the organizers were able to find the way I looked during the civil war and they brought it and they showed it to me. I tapped my wife and I said l look at your husband and she said Tufiakwa. I said no, that was me…..See_More