Few days to the Governorship and House of Assembly elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River state has adopted the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Brian Odey, as its candidate for the Yala 1 state constituency.
At a press conference in Calabar, Monday, the chairman of the APC in the state, Mr Alphonsus Eba, flanked by Mr. Odey and other leaders, stated that the endorsement/adoption of the LP candidate followed the Supreme Court judgment which nullified the candidacy of Mrs Regina Anyogo, who was hitherto the candidate of the APC.
He called on all LP members to adopt and vote for the APC governorship candidate, Senator Bassey Edet Otu in the March 11 polls since the LP does not have a guber candidate.
“As a party, we are adopting the candidate of the Labour Party, Brian Odey in the Yala 1 State Constituency election.
“We are in this alliance because we want supporters of the Labour Party to also support the candidate of the APC in the governorship election,” he said.
The APC chairman also called on the police to prosecute the 16 suspects arrested for allegedly causing violence during the Presidential/National Assembly election in Cross River North.
He alleged that retired army and naval officers used their positions in the armed forces to militarise Saturday 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections in the northern senatorial district in which the governor, Senator Ben Ayade, lost.
