The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State has laid the blame for the March 22, 2011 carnage in the state at the doorstep of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).
The party attributed the remote cause of the mayhem to the “inordinate ambition” and “desperation” of the ACN gubernatorial candidate, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, by employing “thuggery” to pursue his ambition.
Chairman of PDP in the state, Prince Uwem Ita Etuk, made the assertion in his presentation before the presidential fact-finding committee on pre and post-election violence in Akwa Ibom and other states of the federation sitting in Uyo.
Represented by the state legal adviser of the party, Mr. Dominic Okon, the PDP recounted how thugs allegedly engaged by the ACN had unleashed mayhem on Ikot Ekpene and Uyo, leaving in their trail, the death of two PDP supporters and burning of property belonging to the party, including the president’s campaign office and about 1,000 new cars and tricycles acquired by the state government to ease public transportation.
Prince Ita Etuk said it was curious that the ACN had claimed that his party was the aggressor, but could not present evidence of any of their members who was injured or killed in the mayhem, or the property belonging to the ACN or its members which was destroyed in the inferno.
Counsel for the ACN, Barrister Andem Ndem, had tried to persuade the panel that the pre-election violence in the state erupted because the PDP had allegedly prevented other parties from campaigning in Ikot Ekpene, a view which was debunked by many witnesses, who confirmed that the ACN had actually held its rally in the city unmolested until it decided to attack members of the PDP.
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