•Chief Nkpubre
Former National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) (Southsouth) Chief Edet Nkpubre dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC ), shortly before the last general elections, saying it lacked internal democracy. In this interview with reporters in Uyo, the Akwa State capital, he argues that the interest of the Oro nation would be better served under the APC. He also predicts that there would be a rerun governorship election in the state.
Do you think the invasion of Akwa Ibom Government House by the DSS defied the governor’s constitutional right to immunity?
How can the people talk about immunity as a personal thing? It is personal only to the person of the governor, not to the environment. Immunity does not stop investigation. It only stops prosecution. So, if there are killings in government lodge; if arms are kept in government lodge, I don’t think that those saddled with the responsibility of keeping this country safe and secure have a genuine reason not to go and find out. That is investigation and so, nobody should complain if Governor Emmanuel is being charged to court, but he has not been charged. The DSS operatives has gone there to do a job, but whether they are satisfied based on information that took them there or accomplished what took them there is another matter. The DSS do not publish their findings on the pages of newspapers. It is not a political party; it is a security outfit. I object to some people’s request that the operatives should tell the whole world their findings.
Do you read any political meaning to that invasion?
I don’t. What is the state government saying is wrong with the operation at the Government House? There is nothing wrong with that. Nobody has been arrested; nobody has been prosecuted; nobody has been harassed. They went for the information they needed and left. So, why should anybody complain?
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