PDP candidate for the House of Representatives in Cross River State Peter Akpanke enunciates that the police command’s declaration of him as a wanted person is politically motivated.

In a statement made available by his lawyer, Mba Ukweni to  journalists in Calabar on Monday, Mr. Akpanke said though it was meant to distract him ahead of the 2023 general elections, he remained unperturbed by the “gimmick.”The police command had issued a statement signed by the spokesperson, Irene Ugbo, declaring him wanted in connection with the suspected murder of one Emmanuel Martin, a police inspector. Mr. Martin was shot and killed on 25 May 2022, in Obudu, Cross River North, during the House of Representatives primaries of the PDP.

Mr. Ukweni said that the case against his client, who is running for the Obudu, Bekwarra & Obanliku Federal constituency, “is politically motivated and positioned to distract him as he prepares for next month’s elections. “Akpanke is not running away from any trial, but we will bring to the fore the fact that Peter did nothing, the person who committed this offense was arrested and handed over to the police.“Luckily for us, extra-judicial statements have been taken by the police. “Regrettably, the person who brought those who killed the Inspector is not standing trial.