By Odo Ogenyi, Uyo
Akwa Ibom State Government has refuted allegations that it has planned a violent attack on members and supporters of the Young Democratic Party, YPP, in the state.
The state government was reacting to recent allegations by the state Chairman of YPP Campaign Council, Mr Emem Akpabio in a press statement, alleging impending attack against the YPP by the state government.
In a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong and made available to newsmen in Uyo on Wednesday, the state government maintained that it has not recorded any state sponsored violence in the past seven and half years of the present administration.
It therefore assured the citizens and residents that the PDP-led administration would not stoop as low as instigating security tension but would not fail to visit any who would bring any form of political unrest to the state with full weight of the law
It recalled that it had, in an earlier statement hinted Akwa Ibom citizens of a planned unrest by politicians from opposition parties, without mentioning any of them.
“We had hinted that the planned unrest was sponsored by politicians from opposition parties, without mentioning any of them. But as usual, the guilty are always afraid. This attitude of self-identification is not strange.
“We recall that in 2019, when the State Government criminalized cultism, their candidate, without any direct accusation, took it personal and went on to admit to being “a cultist.
”This attitude of theirs is consistent with the age long African maxims that “old women are uncomfortable when dry bones are mentioned” and “a murderer is always afraid of someone walking behind him with a machete.
“Let us assure their party that in the more than seven and a half years of this administration, there has been no incident of state-sponsored violence, and therefore, the citizens and security operatives are well aware that this administration cannot stoop as low as that, rather they recall the prime actors and masterminds of the Ikot Ekpene massacre, where Senator John James Udoedeghe escaped by the whiskers and the assassination attempt on Senator Helen Esuene at Ukana, Essien Udim.
“We therefore, reassure the entire citizens and residents of Akwa Ibom state that the State Government in partnership with security agents will continue to exercise their constitutional responsibility of ensuring the security of lives and property and whosoever in found culpable of any crime will be made to face the full wrath of the law, irrespective of the political party affiliation or status.The prevailing peace in Akwa Ibom State must be sustained.”The statement stated.
