The Cross River State has instead that the government is not paying any cult to maintain peace in the state.
The Commissioner for Information, Ekpenyong Cobham, reiterated the stance of the government on Tuesday in Calabar.
Recall that there had been reports that the state had allegedly been making payments to cults as part of efforts to maintain peace and security in the state.
Cobham, who insisted that such reports are false, challenged those making the allegation to provide evidence of any such payment, including the identity of the alleged recipients and documentation linking them to the state government.
He said, “I can’t speak into what does not exist. I would like you to bring the basis showing that the government paid this person, and the identity of that person, which you will have to prove is a cultist.” Cobham described the allegation as a rumour without substance, stressing that his responsibility as Commissioner for Information was to deal with facts. Related News FG halts payment for unauthorised foreign trips by appointees Truck crushes pedestrian to death on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Police kill two bandits, arrest 11 suspects in Sokoto
