The vindication of Akpabio’s honour

Martin Luther King Jr was a great American civil rights advocate. However, what made him stand out was not so much his activism as his oratorical skills. One of the quotes credited to him is, “The ultimate test of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”  In the past two weeks, Senator Godswill Akpabio, the President of the Senate, has faced the kind of…