Cross River PDP Raises Alarm Over Plans By Police To Compromise Governorship, State Assembly Elections
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River has raised the alarm over plan by the Police Command to compromise the Governorship election in the state on Saturday.
This is contained in a statement by the Publicity Secretary of the Party in Cross River, Mr Mike Ogisi.
He said that the plans were perfected on Wednesday evening when the Commissioner in charge of elections in the state, Garba Aliyu in company with other officers met with Gov. Ben Ayade.
Ogisi said that information available to the party leadership said Ayade had offered the Commissioner a mount watering amount to execute the plans.
He disclosed that part of the plan is to create crisis in their strong holds and also used the boys that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has assembled to disenfranchised the people in selected parts of the state.
He further that a number of chieftains of the party have been penciled down for arrest between Thursday and Friday as part of plan to keep them out of circulation until after the elections.
According to him, “We have it on good authority that arrangement have been concluded to use the Police to compromise the governorship election in the state.
“The plans to disenfranchised many Cross Riverians, cause chaos in our strong hold, put some of our leaders out of circulation with Police playing a critical role of providing cover for all these unwholesome activities were perfected this evening in a meeting with the governor.
“Aside the Commissioner, others in the meeting were Garba Aliyu, CP Umar Madaki, in charge of Central, and CP Stanley Ude, in charge of Southern Cross River.
“Others are: DCP Hayatu Shaff, DCP Aboki Danjuma, DCP Uche Adaku, and ACP Yusuf Doki.
“They arrived Calabar today and were picked up at the Airport by Asuquo Ekpenyong Jne, Senator-Elect, and drove them straigth to Government House where they met with Ayade.”
Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the Command, SP Irene Ugbo has debunked such plans, but however confirmed the CP meeting.
She noted that the meeting was not exclusively for the Police but with other security agencies for the election.
“The meeting is basically to strategise on the election in the area of security.
