The forthcoming elections is gradually taking it's toll on some people. Even as Nigerian's pray and look forward to peaceful polls come 2015. Akwa Ibom need to pray harder than ever.
This followed Monday night clashes involving
supporters of the ruling People’s Democratic
Party (PDP) and their counterparts of the main
opposition, All Progressives Congress (APC),
which one person was feared killed and five
others injured.
The incident, it was gathered, occurred late
Monday night along the popular ‘Maitama’ Road
leading into the Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo.
It was learnt that the deceased, a member of
the APC, was defacing and removing the
campaign posters of the PDP House of
Representatives candidate for Uyo Federal
Constituency, Mr. Michael Enyong, popularly
called ‘Baba Ntan’, when the PDP supporters
emerged from their bus to accost him.
“Yes, the person was trying to remove the
posters of the PDP candidate, Baba Ntan, and
suddenly, the PDP supporters came with their
bus and arrested him.
He was heavily beaten and his head was broken
when he ran for his dear life into Nteps’
Supermarket.
The security at the supermarket blocked him
from entering the place with his blood soaked
body”, Emem Bassey, an eye witness told the
incident told our correspondent, adding that “he
was eventually pushed into the gutter by his
pursuers”.
In the reprisal attack that followed, he stated
that no fewer than five others sustained various
degrees of injuries.
Worried by the development, the Commissioner
for Police, Mr. Gabriel Achong, has warned
politicians to play by the rules and urged them to
restrain their supporters from tampering with the
campaign posters of others for fear of violence.
A statement by the Police Public Relations
Officer (PPRO), Mr. Etim Dickson (DSP), on
behalf of his boss, appealed to the people to
imbibe high ethical standards during the election
year and warned against being used by
politicians as thugs as the election approaches.
Dickson urged supporters of both parties to
refrain from removing or destroying posters of
their opponents as this contradicts the electoral
laws.
The police image maker therefore warned that
anybody caught defacing or removing party
posters would be prosecuted.
This followed Monday night clashes involving
supporters of the ruling People’s Democratic
Party (PDP) and their counterparts of the main
opposition, All Progressives Congress (APC),
which one person was feared killed and five
others injured.
The incident, it was gathered, occurred late
Monday night along the popular ‘Maitama’ Road
leading into the Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo.
It was learnt that the deceased, a member of
the APC, was defacing and removing the
campaign posters of the PDP House of
Representatives candidate for Uyo Federal
Constituency, Mr. Michael Enyong, popularly
called ‘Baba Ntan’, when the PDP supporters
emerged from their bus to accost him.
“Yes, the person was trying to remove the
posters of the PDP candidate, Baba Ntan, and
suddenly, the PDP supporters came with their
bus and arrested him.
He was heavily beaten and his head was broken
when he ran for his dear life into Nteps’
Supermarket.
The security at the supermarket blocked him
from entering the place with his blood soaked
body”, Emem Bassey, an eye witness told the
incident told our correspondent, adding that “he
was eventually pushed into the gutter by his
pursuers”.
In the reprisal attack that followed, he stated
that no fewer than five others sustained various
degrees of injuries.
Worried by the development, the Commissioner
for Police, Mr. Gabriel Achong, has warned
politicians to play by the rules and urged them to
restrain their supporters from tampering with the
campaign posters of others for fear of violence.
A statement by the Police Public Relations
Officer (PPRO), Mr. Etim Dickson (DSP), on
behalf of his boss, appealed to the people to
imbibe high ethical standards during the election
year and warned against being used by
politicians as thugs as the election approaches.
Dickson urged supporters of both parties to
refrain from removing or destroying posters of
their opponents as this contradicts the electoral
laws.
The police image maker therefore warned that
anybody caught defacing or removing party
posters would be prosecuted.
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