CALABAR– The Senator-Elect for Cross River Southern Senatorial district, Asuquo Ekpenyong Wednesday paid a visit to an election violence victim at the General Hospital, calabar.
Ekpenyong who expressed shock at the ugly incident, called on the authorities to thoroughly investigate the matter and aprehend the culprits.
“This afternoon, I was informed that one of our supporters in Akamkpa Local Government was attacked by members of a rival political party during Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections and I decided to come and see how I can assist him.
“Issues like this should not be tolerated and I call on the security agencies to swing into action and arrest the perpetrators of this dastardly act to serve as a deterrent to others; we have another important elections coming up on the 11th of March and we cannot allow thugs run amok and disenfranchise our people” , the Senator-Elect said.
Narrating his ordeal, the victim, Adolf Najimi, disclosed that he and his brothers were attacked by thugs on their way to their Polling unit in Ikpai, Akamkpa local government area.
Najimi stated that while his brothers were lucky to escape unhurt he was not so lucky as he was beaten to pulp and left with a broken head.
He thanked Ekpenyong for coming to his assistance and urged security agencies to beef up security around the area to forestall future occurrences.
