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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has denied ordering chairmen of the 18 local government councils to lock up shops belonging to non-indigenes for voting massively for Labour Party in last weekend\u2019s Presidential and National Assembly elections.<\/p>\n

An unsigned statement was circulated on Saturday in parts of major towns in the state, announcing that the APC leadership in the state has ordered council chairmen to lock up shops of non-indigenous traders in Cross River State.<\/p>\n

Most of the shops ordered to be locked up include those in popular Watt Market, Marian Market, Ikom Market, as well as those in Ogoja and Obudu.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe APC leadership blames non-indigenes in the state for the failure of Governor Ben Ayade and Ntufam Edim Inok at the polls in the just concluded election.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot continue to tolerate indigenes, especially Igbo traders in Cross River State, working against the APC. But for the \u2018stranger elements\u2019 in Calabar Municipality, especially the Igbo people, that voted overwhelmingly for Labour Party, Ntufam Edim Inok should have won the Reps seat of Odukpani\/Calabar Municipality. Now, we are aware that there is another grand plot by this stranger elements to vote out APC as a form of protest against INEC for declaring Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President-elect.<\/p>\n

\u201cCouncil Chairmen are to direct all non-indigenous traders to vote APC or risk their shops being locked up,\u201d the said statement read.<\/p>\n

In a text message to an Igbo leader in the State who had contacted the Governor, Ayade replied that, \u201cIt\u2019s a horrible blackmail from the pit of hell.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spokesman of the APC campaign council in the state, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla also said, \u201cThis is bunkum, balderdash, ludicrous, ridiculous, blatant falsehood, infantile, vile, and malicious propaganda by the fragmented and morally bankrupt PDP and its allies who are at the forefront of the agitation to divide Nigerians along sectarian lines to grab power through inferior methods.<\/p>\n

\u201cAPC is the only national and progressive party that has as part of its manifesto the promotion of true federalism, inclusivity, and a united Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe above assertion is not from APC. There is nothing therein to indicate it emanated from APC. It is outrightly rejected. It is pure fiction calculated to demarket APC and should be disregarded and discounted.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has denied ordering chairmen of the 18 local government councils to lock up shops belonging to non-indigenes for voting massively for Labour Party in last weekend\u2019s Presidential and National Assembly elections. 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