WHEN Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River State summoned an unusual courage to expel cultists from his administration last year, nobody, including his close political associates, took him serious. The governor immediately became a laughing stock with many referring to him as a time waster. To them, Imoke was daring the tiger and was at a risk of being consumed. It was their belief that cultism was so entrenched in the state that nobody could dare question it.
