We are in receipt of credible information that the former Senate minority leader who recently lost a re-election bid into the Senate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio has given directives to some hoodlums to burn down the INEC office in Uyo and Ikot Ekpene. The information further confirms that he has enlisted the support of Some senior police officers to undertake the evil plan.
We are unable to fathom why Senator Akpabio would resort to destruction as reaction to his loss at the saturday, February 23 polls. We wish to remind the Senator that at every contest, a winner must emerge and as such he should be brave enough to embrace his defeat as the natural outcome of the expressed sovereignty of the people of Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District.
We hereby call on the security agencies to distance themselves from all acts or lawlessness and avoid an attempt by any man to use them as a seal for the perpetuation of lawlessness in Akwa Ibom state.
INEC does not vote, the people do
Signed
A M Ekanem
Media Relations Officer
Publicity Secretariat, PDP
