By Jonathan Ugbal Governor Benedict Ayade is currently meeting with bigwigs of the All Progressives Congress (APC), discussing his proposed defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Government Houses sources say some Governors elected on the platform of the APC and others are meeting with him. He is also said to have sought the advise
By Inyali Peter Thousands of members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) last weekend defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Obudu local government area as the race to the Senatorial bye-election to replace the late Senator Rose Oko who was representing Cross River North district gets more intriguing. Governor Ben Ayade of Cross
Since 2016, there has been heightened speculation about the possible defection of Governor Benedict Ayade to the APC. Political watchers and pundits are of the view that Ayade carries on like a man who is wedded to two political suitors – partisan polygamist of some sort, if you like. There is no doubt that since
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu has denied claims by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that he is planning to dump the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Esu, in a statement signed by his spokesman, Mr. Smart Usang and issued Sunday in Calabar described as a “blatant lie,” “malicious,”
By Eba Ishmael Senator John Owan-Enoh has been backed by the Women Impact Network (WIN) to run for a second term in office as the Senator representing the central senatorial district of Cross River State in the National Assembly. Owan-Enoh who was nicknamed “Johnwin” by the association got the backing recently during the commissioning of
By Ushang Ewa The Speaker of the 7th Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable Larry Odey has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Also, the former deputy chairman of the Cross River State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has crossed to the APC last week. Both hail from the same local
By Jonathan Ugbal Former Commissioner for Environment in Cross River State and Senatorial candidate of the Labor party in central Cross River on the platform of the Labor Party (LP) in the 2015 general elections, Sandy Onoh has return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Onoh, alongside his supporters was received into the party at
By Ushang Ewa The member representing Obubra II constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable Elucate Okura Ekom has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Elucate defected Sunday in his hometown in Obubra local government area of central Cross River State and has been a member of the People’s Democratic Party