Imoke condemns attack on PDP secretariat
(Nigeria )
Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has condemned in the strongest
terms, the attack on the state secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
in Calabar on Monday.
A minor explosion had rocked the state secretariat of the
party as the party was getting set to conduct its fresh ward congresses across
the state, following the cancellation of the November 1, exercise.
Imoke who bemoaned the incident, vowed not to allow
political desperados take the state back to its inglorious past that was
characterized by political thuggery, all in their attempt for political power.
A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, quoted
Imoke as saying that “In my almost eight years in office, I have always stood
for peace, from when I contested as governor and had my elections annulled
twice, Cross River has been the most peaceful state, as I never promoted
violence or thuggery. I have always believed that no political office or
position is worth the precious blood of any Cross Riverian.”
While decrying the unfortunate incident, Imoke said: “So, this new dimension by criminals and new
entrants into our politics to import violence into our state is totally alien
to the very ideals and values we stand for as a people and must be stoutly
resisted by all of us.”
The governor therefore, gave the marching orders to the
state police high command to fish out the perpetrators of the dastardly act
and make them face the law.
Imoke pledged that his administration will do everything
within the law to sustain the peace and harmony enthroned in the state since
his assumption of office in 2007.
He described those behind the attack as unconscionable
enemies of the state who would not be allowed to get away with the crime.
“Evidently, perpetrators of the attack on the party
secretariat cannot mean well for our peace loving people, hence their heinous
attempt to rupture the prevailing peaceful ambience in our dear state. But we
shall neither surrender nor succumb to any intimidation of any kind. Cross River State
is greater than any narrow and selfish agenda of those desperately seeking to
destabilize the state.”
Imoke therefore charged all well-meaning politicians and
leaders of thought in the state to roundly condemn the attempt to reintroduce
thuggery in the state, even as he enjoined everyone to put the interest of
state above personal ambitions.
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