Akpabio raises alarm over Parallel Govt plot

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has called on security agencies to be on the watch out for people or politicians wanting to truncate the country’s democracy by threatening to form a parallel government if they lose the February general elections.
Akpabio, who made the call when the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Suleiman Abba, paid him a courtesy visit at executive chambers of Governor’s Office, Uyo, urged security agents to place such politicians on surveillance to stop them from carrying out their threat, describing such as anti-democratic tendency.
He lamented that most achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan were subsumed in false propaganda by the opposition party and hoped the general elections would be anchored on tangible achievements by political parties.
The governor, who congratulated the IGP on his recent appointment, said his track record has been impressive, thanking Jonathan for the appointment and expressing the belief that leadership comes from God and that Abba’s appointment has been designed by God.
Akpabio said the visit has shown his determination to ensure credible and peaceful elections, where no lives in the state would be lost and disclosed that the state is always peaceful and that the state is not an attractive destination for criminals because of the joint corroboration among security chiefs in Akwa Ibom.
Abba hinted that he visited the state to discuss with zonal officers from Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Rivers and Ebonyi states to see the efforts they have made to change the attitude of all police officers in applying the ethical and valued policies in the force.