The wife of the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mrs. Ekaette Unoma Akpabio, is regarded as the engine room behind the soaring political profile of her husband. She is elegant, flashy and stylish in the way she appears at public functions.

During the campaign for the 2011 governorship election, Mrs. Akpabio was the chief campaigner for her husband’s second term aspiration. She inspired the formation of women formation, which she used as a platform for the mobilization and sensitization of the women folk in the state.

Through this platform, she mobilized and sensitized them on the need for political participation of women. She carried this campaign to every nook and cranny of the 31 Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom State.

Her struggle for women we gathered endeared her to the First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan as the two women are so close that they now regard themselves as sisters, and they are always seen together in many functions.  This we learnt also blossomed the relationship between President Jonathan and Governor of Akwa- Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio.