OBONG VICTOR ATTAH AND EKPO MASQURADE IN AKWA IBOM STATE BY DA EFFIONG DANIEL God said, I will hide my face from them (Akwa Ibom people), I will see what their end shall be:…….But Obong Vctor Attah like Pheneas arose and banned Ekpo ikpaisong and God was happy They sacrificed unto devils,(mmo ewa uwa eno ekpo) not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. Deuteronomy 32:17-21 (KJV) They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. Psalms 106:28-31 (KJV) Those that tried to revive Ekpo in the State may think there are fighting Victor Attah. It is a lie, they are fighting God, and bringing curse upon themselves and not the state. Let everyone embrace God and shun Ekpo ikpaisong. When the white man, a medical missionary send to Africa from the church of Christ Tennessee declared, Ikpaisong afo akpa, (ikpaisong is dead). When Obong Victor Attah was born, he never knew that he would roar in Africa and beyond. The millelieum m Governor that declared But as the Governor of Akwa Ibom state he roared in the hardest area others found challenging. He touched the hardest thing in the state for God, which men of God were afraid to touch, rather, they were initiated into it. This was answer to my prayers why in Abuja. Obong Victor Attah banned Ekpo masquerade in the state and lifted God's banner higher. One may think masquerade is cultural dance. It is a spirit, a cult of the men. The spirit of poverty is attached to it. What Obong Victor Attah did in the State was like a window opened in Heaven for the people. Imagine a sitting Governor surrounded by all traditions and cultures summoning courage to stop the highest masquerade in the state, Ekpo and he is alive till now. Many said he would die. It seem to me that Ekpo masquerades and Ekpo Isitisong, or Ekpo Ikpaisong has killed thousands of people in the State, spiritually and physically. Attah judged Ekpo with death sentence. He may be saying 'Ekpo masquerade you are dead and gone in the State for the physical and spiritual atrocities you have committed in the State, your cup is full. In my days, you are no more, you were supposed to be cultural dance but you now become instrument for destruction of lives.' Now, where is Ekpo? Itiaba, Ntokekpko, Ekaekpo, Akpan Ekpo, Ekpo ndok, Eteekpo, Ekpo Isit Isong, Ekpo Nyie Ekpo Ekong Ekpo Ikpaisong, etc. All form of Ekpo masquerade, spiritual and physical are dead and gone, and the State is free from Ekpo. Attah opened a window of prosperity in Akwa Ibom State. Ekpo means poverty. As he stopped Ekpo in the state, and in 2007 July I was mandated to rename the state for the highest God, Akwa Abasi Ibom state, hence prosperity started, with 13th percentage for Federal Government. A new beginning the prophetic kingship in the state with Obong Victor Attah the eight king of the state, a Millennium Governor, Like Phenas in Israel, who stopped eating food of the masquerade or dead in Israel, Attah stopped Ekpo masquerade in Akwa Ibom State and brought God's blessings on the people, sending Ekpo out and inviting God into the Government. God prophetically /officially used Obong Victor Attah Like Phineas, and stopped Ekpo ikpaisong masquerade in the Akwa Ibom state paving way for what is now known as only God today in the state which continued in Udom Emmanuel and become bigger in Umo Eno. He has touched the hardest thing in the land, to touch Ekpo you have touched ikpaisong of the land hence this book is dedicated to God, Obong Victor Attah, the father of new generation politics and the good people of Akwa Ibom state. To the glory of God, now only God, no more Ekpo. July 22, 2024 Read more