“Only the Governor and His Deputy are guaranteed a return ticket” Alphonsus Eba (State Chairman, APC CRS)
The attention of Advocates For Good Governance In Central Senatorial District (AGGCSD) has been drawn to a purported gathering to endorse elected members of Yakurr origin at both State and Federal levels.
We wish to state categorically that such desperate attempts to secure goodwill is not only laughable but another purid attempt to undermine the Leadership of the All Progressives Congress, Cross River State.
This attempt calculated to deceive party faithfuls goes to show the utter disregard for the party’s position that, only The Governor and His Deputy are guaranteed a return ticket.
This Position was expressly communicated by the State Party Chairman, in his statewide press conference held on the 1st of April, 2025. A position that was consolidated at the enlarged Caucus meeting held on the 15th of April, 2025 at the HOGIS Royal Hotel, Calabar.
Quoting the APC State Chairman Barr. Alphonsus Eba verbatim;
“In the Politics of Cross River State, we want to use this opportunity to make it widely known. That anybody who aspires to run for any office apart from the Office of the Governor and deputy Governor of the State, those who are already sitting, they have the right to aspire, those who intend to take over those seats from them, also have the right to aspire, and we have not given automatic seats or ticket to anybody, apart from the Governor and Deputy Governor.”
We therefore admonish the Leadership of Yakurr LGA to be wary of such nefarious antics of those who are selfishly seeking to assume Par with their excellencies by ambushing and cajoling the party leaders to extend such endorsement to themselves.
It is therefore herein stated that any such endorsement is not only null and void but inconsequential and should be completely disregarded. As it defies not just the prevailing reality but seeks to put our LGA in bad light.
We therefore join our voices with those of reason, and statesmen Iike Chief Obono Obla who have boldly come out to condemn such fictitious endorsement charades.
Signed
Advocates For Good Governance In Central Senatorial District (AGGCSD)
23 April, 2025.
