Igbo National Council, (INC) have called on the Governor of Cross River state, Ben Ayade to immedialty release Comr. Agba Jalingo or face the wrath of Nigerians.
The group described the incarceration of Jalingo as a “reckless display of despotic tendencies” by the Governor, noting that the health condition of Jalingo is deteriorating.
In a statement signed by the president of INC, Chilos Godsent, the group stated that if before January 14th Jalingo is not released, they will occupy the streets of Calabar, the state capital.
The statement by the group’s president reads;
“The Igbo National Council (INC) and good conscience Nigerians have keenly observed the reckless display of despotic tendencies by Gov Benedict Ayade of Cross River State over the popular calls from well meaning Nigerians for the unconditional release of Comrade Agba Jalingo who has been brutally incarcerated in solitary confinement since August 2019.
“INC therefore note that the health of comrade Agba Jalingo is deteriorating.
“In view of the above, we therefore call on the Cross River State House of Assembly under the leadership of Rt. Hon. Jones Eteng William to pass an express motion of the House compelling Gov Benedict Ayade and his cohorts – the Cross River State Commissioner of Police and State Director, Department of State Security (DSS) to immediately release Comrade Agba Jalingo before his health deteriorates to an unmanageable state.
“Consequently, if Comrade Agba Jalingo is not released before the expiration of 14th January 2020, we will go ahead with the planned occupy Calabar protest and will also call on Nigerians to occupy with SMS, the phones of the Governor and Deputy Governor of Cross River State, the Rt Hon Speaker and all principal officers of the Cross River State House of Assembly demanding the unconditional release of Comrade Agba Jalingo”.
