Akwa Ibom under siege: Gov. Emmanuel

Governor Udom Emmanuel claimed today Akwa Ibom State was under
siege, following the plenary session by some members of the House
of Assembly said to have been sacked by their colleagues, who are
members of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Emmanuel, who had stormed the house during the session, that was
presided over by Nsen Ntuen, called for the redeployment of the
Commissioner of Police, Musa Kimo, who assumed duties last
week.

Another commissioner, Bassey Abang was reposted out of the
state, following the outcry over his alleged partisanship by APC
supporters. APC supporters accused Abang of supporting PDP speaker,
Onofiok Luke, to shut out APC legislators.

Emmanuel who just addressed a world press conference in his
official residence in Uyo said the police led by the CP, Musa Kimo
is threatening the peace of the state by aiding the five sacked
lawmakers to take over the State House of Assembly.

He said democracy in the state is being threatened, and called
on the CP to be removed from the state this evening.

He said the government had received intelligence report of the
plan of the sacked lawmakers to take over the house of assembly and
the plans were executed supervised by the police.

Gov Udom further stated that the same police that he used state
resources to equip is today fighting the state, adding that several
petitions to President Buhari and the IGP about the activities of
the Police and the sacked lawmakers have been ignored.

He said the security problems initiated by the sacked lawmakers
was designed to prevent elections from holding in the state.

He warned that if elections were not held in the state as
scheduled, then elections would not hold on a later date.

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