PATRICK ABANG, Calabar –
The former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke has dismissed media reports that he endorsed Senator Sandy Onor for the 2023 governorship election in the state.
‘I never endorsed any candidate, it will be wrong for me to do that, those using my name to score cheap political points should desist from it”.
“Candidates have met me, as a former Governor, I only advise and call for deeper consultations among party members. People should stop twisting issues” said Duke in a statement issued on Tuesday.
According to the former presidential candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP), he said: “I only advise, run checks on their credentials and wish them well in their journey, what I do to one, I do to all. I will bless them but at the end, whoever the party decides on after primary, we will work together to rescue Cross River State”.
“That is what I will do to all aspirants both gubernatorial, Senatorial and other offices. People should not twist my words” he said.
Meanwhile, Donald Duke and Senator Gershom Bassey had deffer on the contestious zoning of the governorship position, while Duke insist that there’s nothing like zoning, Sen. Bassey said: “It’s is the turn of the Southern Senatorial District to produced the next governor in 2023.
Also sharing the same feeling, the Senator representing the Central Senatorial District, Sandy Onor, said those calling for zoning are afraid of elections which is a democratic tools in any democracy.
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