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CNPP DENIES PIKETING EFCC OVER IMOKE

From CHUKS EHIRIM; ABUJA

Coalition of Opposition Parties, the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), has denied being involved in the picketing of the Headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other public offices in Abuja.

Some individuals had embarked on the picketing exercise, last Tuesday, claiming they were doing so, on behalf of the CNPP.

The exercise was alleged to have been carried out in protest against the delay by the anti-graft agency, in arresting and prosecuting the former Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, over his involvement in the power sector scam, during the regime of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

But in a sharp reaction in Abuja, the CNPP denied ever organizing such protests.
In a press statement captioned “The nullification of the Cross River State Governorship election and other Matters Pertaining Thereof,” the Secretary General of CNPP, Chief Willy Ezugwu, said his organization had no hand in the picketing.

“The CNPP notes with grave concern, the unacceptable behaviour of a few individuals who picketed the EFCC headquarters and other public places on Tuesday, 22 July, 2008, purportedly on the mandate of the organization. For the avoidance of doubt, let me stress that the CNPP has not authorized any group of individuals to embark mass action on the basis of the probe of the Power Sector which Mr. Liyel Imoke headed as a Minister for a period of time, by the House of Representatives”, Ezeugwu said.

He maintained that “CNPP is a responsible and law-abiding organization and arrives at its decision and resolutions after painstaking dialogue and consultation”.
He said that “ the CNPP cannot be seen as an anarchic assembly of people who have no respect for the regime of due process”.

He added “The CNPP thus dissociates itself from any form of on-going protest or mass action regarding the Cross River , situation. When the full facts are placed before the relevant authorities, Nigerian will witness a robust intervention by the CNPP in order to rid our land of corruption, graft and sleaze by ensuing that all those found culpable in the power sector mess will be speedily brought to justice”.

Ezugwu called on all the opposition parties in Cross River State ‘’to work together during the re-run governorship election in the state so as to ensure that they snatch victory from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).’’

He cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to “be fully mobilized, logistically and otherwise, to ensure that the re-run election meets with universal standards of fairness, freeness, transparency and credibility”.