BY Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo
With the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill
Akpabio fighting for his political life, the state chapter of the
People’s Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday demanded adequate security
for Independent National Electoral Commission offices across the state.
The publicity secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong who made the appeal
yesterday particularly called for strict security in Ikot Ekpene
senatorial district and the state office in Uyo
Ememobong who made the call at a press conference in Uyo, said the
call was upon intelligence on a plot to burn INEC offices in the state
aimed at frustrating the results of the last Saturday National Assembly
poll in the area.
He said, “We are in receipt of impeccable intelligence indicating a
plan to attack and burn INEC offices in ikot Ekpene Senatorial District
and the headquarters in Uyo .
“We are hereby appealing that the security operatives should provide
adequate security for all the offices, officers and infrastructure of
INEC to prevent agents from making their threat of destroying lives and
property.
“We also appeal to INEC to remain firm, resolute and unbending in the
discharge of their duties. Illegitimate requests must never be acceded
to.”
He also disclosed that collation of results had been done in nine out
of 10 local government areas in Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District and
three out of four of the House of Representatives seats declared by INEC
as having been won by the PDP with a wide margin of more that 60,000
votes.
He added that the only Local Government Area left is Essien Udim, which INEC is currently working on.
He added that the party was not going to compromise the result of
Ikot Ekpene senatorial district, no matter the level of appeal from the
APC.
“The Inspector General of Police and the entire security apparatus of
government must engender public confidence about their neutrality and
must show that no one is above the law.
“All institutions of state must depart from partisan tendencies as it
is a great threat to the sustainability and growth of our democracy”,
he said
Source:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/a-ibom-pdp-demands-adequate-security-for-inec-offices/
