APC adopts Labour Occasion candidate for Cross River meeting

Eba defined that the endorsement/adoption of the LP candidate adopted the Supreme Courtroom judgment nullifying the candidacy of Mrs Regina Anyogo, who was hitherto the candidate of the APC.

He mentioned that endorsing/adopting the LP candidate was in keeping with the political calculation and sportsmanship to help the LP within the state.

He additional defined that the alliance was to make sure that supporters of the LP would reciprocate the gesture and vote for Sen. Bassey Otu, the governorship candidate of the APC within the state on March 11.

“As a celebration, we’re adopting the candidate of the Labour Occasion, Brian Odey within the Yala 1 State Constituency election.

“We’re on this alliance as a result of we would like supporters of the Labour Occasion to additionally help the candidate of the APC within the governorship election,” he mentioned.

The APC chairman additionally known as on the police to prosecute the greater than 16 suspects arrested for allegedly inflicting violence throughout the Presidential/Nationwide Meeting election in Cross River North.

He urged the police to go additional by arresting their sponsors and prosecuting them accordingly.

Eba nonetheless alleged that the Presidential/Nationwide Meeting election held within the state was militarised, particularly in Cross River North.

He, due to this fact, known as on the Chief of Military Workers, Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya to make sure that troopers from 82 Division, Enugu, weren’t deployed to militarise election within the state once more.

Responding, Odey thanked the APC management within the state for endorsing him forward of the polls.

He assured that he would lead his supporters to vote for the governorship candidate of the APC this Saturday.