Liyel Imoke Is Not Dead – Commissioner

Contrary to speculations
making the rounds that
Cross River state governor,
Senator Liyel Imoke is dead,
the State's Commissioner for
Information, Chief Akin
Ricketts, has said that he is
alive but "…is now
recuperating."
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He is quoted as saying at a
news briefing in Calabar, the
state capital on Friday, "there
is no iota of truth in the
rumour making the round in
the state and beyond that
Governor Liyel Imoke is
dead."
Rickett said the governor
officially wrote to the state
House of Assembly last week
that he was handing over to
his deputy, Efiok Cobham, to
enable him proceed on a
two-month accumulated
leave.
"He is not dead, he is now
recuperating. There are
strong indications that he
will soon return to the
country," he said.
It would be recalled that the
governor's Chief Press
Secretary and Special
Assistant on Media, Mr.
Christian Ita, had in a
statement on December 6
explained that Imoke was
away on medical grounds.
The governor's two-month
accumulated leave started on
December 7.