PATRICK ABANG, Calabar –
Chidi Onyemaizu a Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ben Ayade on Print Media has alleged that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the fibre to talk about anarchy in Cross River State.
Mr. Onyemaizu, stated this on Sunday while reacting to the party’s press release on anti grazing law proposed by Governor Ben Ayade.
According to him, the PDP’s premise and conclusion on the subject matter were tragically flawed, a clear vain attempt at fawning on the political interest of a piper based outside the state.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Governor Ayade never at anytime endorsed the destruction of crops of farmers by some errant herders in the course of grazing their animals.
“Ayade is a refined politician who is not given to political fisticuffs. His political creed, ‘Politics with Ethics’ does not permit pettiness and extremism in the name of politics.
Therefore, he is not one to chase clout or populism riding on the crest of an unworkable, unimplementable anti-grazing law. Politics must not be played to the extreme in the utter negation of common sense, peace and equity.
He, however, noted that Governor Ayade is aiming at balancing law that would guaranty a win-win situation for both herders and farmers.
“Why would anyone oppose this noble cause? That the PDP in Cross River is opposed to a law that will ensure peaceful co-existence between farmers and herders is a riddle wrapped in a puzzle. It befuddles the mind.
To insinuate, as it did in its press release, that a balanced law on grazing that finds amity between farmers and herders is a recipe for anarchy in Cross River is purely a creation of PDP’s woozy imagination.
“It only goes to show how idle, jaded, confused and utterly eviscerated the party has become in Cross River since Ayade exited its fold”, the statement said.
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