There was a protest by members of the PDP in Cross River State on Thursday over the planned demolition of the property belonging to the deputy governorship candidate of the party, Alphonsus Eba, located within the waterboard premises.
The party, in criticising the government of Senator Bassey Otu, said the governor was vindictive and only decided to go after Eba because the man was no longer in their political party.
The protesting PDP members displayed various placards with inscriptions like “stop injustice, we warn”, “Leave Alphonsus Eba alone” “Cross River belongs to all of us, no intimidation is acceptable”.
Addressing the protesters who gathered at the party secretariat in Calabar, the PDP State Secretary, Joe Bisong, said the government’s record on development was poor, but the party could not tolerate what he described as “targeted injustice against opposition members.
“If the government has gotten up from its slumber today and wants to right the wrong, let it be done in a manner that will be seen to be justice for all Cross River
He said the PDP was not against development, recovery of Water Board land for overriding public interest. However, he said the party was against what he called “vendetta against its members.”
Bisong noted that Eba was allocated the land as APC chairman, but the house is now being marked for demolition after Eba became PDP deputy governorship candidate.
“Today is the turn of Alphonsus Eba. Tomorrow will be the turn of another PDP person. And that is why you are here to say enough is enough.”
Also speaking, the Calabar South PDP Chairman, Felix Ofiong, said the government was applying selective justice and should not be allowed.
