CRACKS AS C/RIVER PDP MOVES TO ABANDON ZONING

Political confusion is heightening in Cross River State following the latest pronouncement by the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ntufam John Okon, that the party will no longer adopt the principle of zoning in deciding candidates for political offices.
Okon announced over the weekend that the party will no longer keep to its earlier position of zoning political offices in the state.

Mu’azu been called to intervene in Cross River PDP crisis

                                                Friends and political associates of a governorship aspirant in Cross River State, Prince Goddy Jedy Agba, have sent a petition to the national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its National Working Committee, saying their principal is being persecuted and denied freedom to aspire for state governorship by the state leadership of the party.

The statement was signed by six said members of the party including former commissioner for environment, Dr. Sandy Onor; former PDP national publicity secretary, Venatius Ikem; former special adviser and vice chairman of State Planning Commission, John Omori; former member of Cross River House of Assembly, Bassey Ibor; former member of House of Representatives, Ernest Irek; and former executive secretary in the state, Pius Achu, the elders insisted that Jedy- Agba is a member of the party.

FG must speak with one voice on Boko Haram – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the federal government to stop making contradictory statements and speak with one voice on issues concerning the ongoing efforts to find and rescue the schools girls abducted by Boko Haram.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its interim national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the conflicting statements credited to top government officials over the conditions

‘Cross River PDP has zoned guber seat to North’

The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Larry Odey,  is one of the aspirants to the office of Governor of Cross River State. He spoke on his ambition and other critical issues affecting the state. Excerpts.

Weekly Trust:  It is no longer news that you are gunning for the office of the Governor of Cross River State in 2015. What informed your decision to contest?
Hon. Larry Odey:   I have the motivation to offer service and it is good that this is happening in my time and I believe a lot has happened in the last couple of months in our state building up to 2015, particularly in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which is my party.
We have tried to look closely at the principle of zoning and we recognize that we have three senatorial districts, two out of the three as it were, have benefited and the party thought for equity