Gunfire attack at PDP consultation in Calabar deeply disturbing, unacceptable – IPAC

The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Cross River State, has described last weekend’s shooting of members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Calabar as deeply disturbing and unacceptable.
In a formal reaction to the unfriendly development, the state IPAC Chairman, Effiom Edet Okon, said political consultation is not warfare, campaigns are not battles, and political opponents are not enemies.
Recall that governorship candidate, Arthur Jarvis Archibong, had led a consultation visit to the paramount ruler when the gunfire allegedly disrupted and dispersed the PDP supporters.
Many supporters and bystanders were reportedly injured and vehicles damaged during the stampede that ens...