Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has called for the declaration of a state of emergency in Cross River State over alleged heightened crimes and looming
A statement signed by the chairman of Young Progressives Party in the state who doubles as the IPAC chairman, Anthony Bissong Attah said the call has become imperative following recent happenings in the state.
There have also been renewed kidnapping, armed robbery and gangsterism in parts of the state despite the state government’s efforts. “Alarmed by heightening national insecurity, we are compelled to demand that a State of emergency be declared in Cross River State to forestall a total breakdown of law and order in our once most peaceful state in Nigeria.”
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