Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has faulted opposition parties in the state for allegedly maligning the integrity of the Supreme Court which validated his election last week, stating that they were “walking the slippery slope.”
Emmanuel, who spoke yesterday at a special interdenominational thanksgiving service at Uyo for his victory at the apex court, said, “Permit me to use this opportunity to warn those who are lampooning and impugning the integrity of our judiciary to cease and desist from walking the slippery slope.
“Certain institutions of governance should be off the limits in our naked desire for power. Demonizing such institutions can be counterproductive to our growth as a nation.
“We should not selectively applaud the judiciary when we receive favourable ruling then cast aspersion on the same institution when we don’t get the desired result,” he stated.
The Governor recalled with displeasure that the opposition parties had embarked on campaigns of calumny, blackmail and propaganda to sacrifice the state on the altar of partisan politics.
While thanking God, the leadership of the PDP and his legal team for the Supreme Court victory, he commended security agencies in the state for not allowing themselves to be provoked by the opposition in the state and applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for respecting the principles of separation of powers by not interfering with the judiciary in the course of the rulings.
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