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The Akwa Ibom Liberation Movement (AILM), a  socio-political group, has raised the alarm over what it called the “grand plot” by youths of the All Progressives Congress disrupt and cause violence at the governorship election tribunal on Thursday.

The  tribunal fixed Thursday for judgment on the Akwa Ibom governorship election petitions.

At a press conference in Uyo, the state capital, on Wednesday, the group claimed it got intelligence that thugs have hired thugs to disrupt the sitting of the tribunal and cause violence in Uyo.

Solomon Abasiekong, acting secretary of the group, said he was disappointed at the “despicable plot by the APC to jeopardize the enduring peace enjoyed in the state”.

“Let it be known that we are aware of the arrangement made by the APC through her State youth leader and the S.A. on Security to the party’s governorship candidate, Obong Nsima Ekere, to cause violence in Uyo and other parts of the State tomorrow,” he said.

“To say the least, we are disappointed by the grand plot drafted by the APC ahead of Thursday’s judgment by the governorship election petitions tribunal. We had thought the APC should allow Akwa Ibom people to forget the earlier exposed wholesale negotiation to import arms into the State during the election by her governorship candidate.

“As a peace-loving group, we will not keep quiet and watch the APC carry out reprehensible violent attacks on innocent citizens of the State and upset the peace enjoyed in the State under the current administration led by Govenor Udom Emmanuel.”

AILM called on security agencies to raise up and provide maximum security throughout the state.

The group also called on youths in the state to resist all forms of pressure and inducement by leaders of the APC and their proxies to use them to foment trouble and break the law.