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Sack Police IG Now-ACN
tells Jonathan....
condemns rearrrest of
Akpanudoedehe
Newsdiaryonline Thur March 31,2011
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN
has called for the
removal of the Inspector General Police Hafiz Ringim.ACN's
National Chairman Bisi Akande made this call today at a press
conference attended by Babatunde Fashola, Lagos state governor
.The call came today on the heels of the rearrest
of Senator James John James Akpanudoedehe ACN
governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom state who is facing trial
over alleged treason.
Akpanudoedehe was granted bail by an Abuja
call but he was swiftly rearrested by the police which said he
would be taken to Akwa Ibom state to face trial for a yet to be
disclosed offence.
Even before this incident there had been
reports of the alleged partisanship of the police IG
as he was reported yesterday to be openly campaigning for the
incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan.
In a related development the Akwa Ibom state
chapter of the ACN has
condemned the rearrest of its governorship candidate.` Senator
Udoedehe was re-arrested in the Court room by the Police and
taken to an unknown destination. As a party, we condemn this
open display of partisanship by
the Federal Government and its agent, the Police’’, the party
said in a statement this night.
Read the full text of the Akwa Ibom ACN
statement below:
PRESS STATEMENT BY THE ACTION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA (ACN), AKWA
IBOM STATE CHAPTER ON THE RE-ARREST OF ITS GOVERNORSHIP
CANDIDATE, SENATOR JOHN JAMES AKPANUDOEDEHE.
WE CONDEMN THIS BRAZEN SHOW OF MIGHT
On Thursday, March 31, 2011, A Federal High
Court in Abuja, presided over by Hon. Justice Bello in his
wisdom, granted the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN),
Governorship Candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Senator John James
Akpanudoedehe bail in the trumped up charges of treasonable
felony against him.
This news of the ruling by the learned Judge
elicited joy and calmed the frayed nerves of the teeming
supporters of the popular Candidate in Akwa Ibom State.
However, in a very primitive and brazen show
of might, Senator Udoedehe was re-arrested in the Court room by
the Police and taken to an unknown destination. As a party, we
condemn this open display of partisanship
by the Federal
Government and its agent, the Police.
We have it on good an authority that the Akwa
Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has conspired with
the Speaker and Members of the State House of Assembly to pass
an emergency obnoxious bill designed to detain our Candidate
indefinitely aimed at stopping him from contesting the
forth-coming general elections. This is against all known and
acceptable democratic principles.
The action of Governor Akpabio, in collusion
with the Nigerian Police which is reputed as the most corrupt
Institution in the world is totally unacceptable. It is sad that
the Nigeria Police Force has sold its soul to the Governor of
Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio.
This is because, rather than act fairly and
truthfully in the political crisis in Akwa Ibom State, the
Police has chosen to favour Governor Akpabio who spares no
amount of money in buying his way on any matter in Nigeria.
It is on record that the Police has received
several reports and representations concerning how the Godswill
Akpabio led government in Akwa Ibom State has mobilized
cultists, organised them into groups, armed them with
sophisticated weapons which they have used to foist a regime of
insecurity in Akwa Ibom State but they chose to turn a blind eye
to Governor Akpabio and his aide’s security breaches.
This latest provocation, the re-arrest of
Distinguished Senator Udoedehe and the plan to put him away, may
prove to be very costly for democracy and Nigeria and we urge
President Goodluck Jonathan to
stand up for the rule of law to which he subscribes.
It must be noted that failure to release
Senator Udoedehe immediately is likely to set off reactions
which can truncate democracy in the country.
Signed:
Chief Aniekan
Willie Akpan
State Chairman
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