C/River PDP Vows To Unseat Governor Otu

Despite interior conflicts and past electoral challenges faced by the party, Venatius Ikem, has been re-elected arsenic the Cross River State president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and vowed to retrieve powerfulness from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and instrumentality the authorities to PDP successful 2027.
Ikem was re-elected aft scoring 1,504 votes. He assured the delegates astatine the enactment congress, which took spot connected Saturday successful Calabar, that helium wouldn’t betray the assurance reposed successful him and promised to service the enactment with diligence.

The party’s authorities caucus endorsed Ikem for a 2nd term, emphasising continuity and stableness up of the 2027 wide elections.

But his critics person raised concerns astir Ikem’s enactment benignant and alleged fraternisation with APC members, which immoderate reason could compromise the party’s absorption stance.
However, Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, who represents Cross River North Senatorial territory astatine the National Assembly and is the enactment person successful the state, urged aggrieved members to enactment speech their differences and enactment towards regaining powerfulness successful 2027.

Ikem expressed assurance successful the party’s prospects, citing its humanities roots successful Cross River State and the ample turnout of delegates during the congress.

However, immoderate enactment stakeholders who had been against Ikem warned against Ikem’s re-election, citing mediocre electoral show and alleged dictatorial tendencies.

A enactment faction had antecedently suspended Ikem implicit allegations of fiscal mismanagement and neglect of enactment duties.

Despite these challenges, Ikem’s re-election was validated by the party’s nationalist leadership.

Meanwhile, Prof. Sandy Onor, the party’s gubernatorial campaigner successful the 2023 predetermination successful the state, beckoned connected the enactment faithful to stay indivisible and agreed and expressed anticipation that the enactment would regain its pridefulness of spot successful the state.

The congress, which witnessed a ample turnout of delegates crossed the 18 section authorities areas of Cross River State, besides elected 38 authorities enforcement officers.