By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar
CALABAR — Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has ordered the immediate suspension of an ongoing Clan and Village Creation exercise in the state, declaring that the process was neither authorised nor approved by his administration.
The directive was conveyed in a statement by the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ededem Ani, who said the Governor’s attention had been drawn to the exercise being conducted by the office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Chieftaincy Affairs.
Ani said the exercise “was neither authorised nor approved by his office,” stressing that it “does not carry the imprimatur of the State Government, and cannot be allowed to continue or to be given any further effect.”
The Attorney-General said the government’s decision was also informed by a pending legal action before the High Court of Cross River State, Calabar.
