PATRICK ABANG, Calabar –
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Cross River State Chapter has appealed for a formidable and united party in the state in order to win elections in the state.
Chairman Caretaker Committee, Mathew Mbu Jnr, stated this in an interview with our correspondent in Calabar on the heels of the party preparedness for winning the forth coming by-election in the Yala/Ogoja Federal Constituency and other related challenges facing the party in the state.
National Accord had earlier reported that the Supreme Court of Nigeria, including the Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar and the High Court in Abuja recently sacked Senator Stephen Odey APC as a senator representing the Cross River North Senatorial District in the National Assembly and replaced him with Hon. Agom Jarigbe Agom who represent Yala/Ogoja Federal Constituency as the senator.
While noting that the by election is coming up in less than 90 days after the court’s judgement, Senator Mbu, however, appealed for co-operation among the parties chieftains in the state in order to work together as a united family to win the elections.
He said that unity, team work and peace were universally accepted essential ingredients for winning election in any democratic setup and appealed to APC to imbibe the same norms.
“I appealed to members of my party to remain united no matter what is happening as a united family. What lies ahead is always greater than what is behind us”.
“Once you are united you will continue to reap the benefits. Unity is a key APC. APC is a united family. In APC we are democrat, everybody has a say and we have no leader”. He said.
On the level of preparedness in the fourth coming bye election for the Ogoja/Yalab Federal constituency, the chairman explained that every politician is prepared to win the election and that all hands were on deck to secure victory.
“When you are going to war you did not leak your secret. We are going together as a party and as a team. Victory is assured”.
Responding further on the alleged claim that all political activities in the party have been moved from party secretariat to the governor’s office, he said Ayade is the leader of the party and that nothing has ever happened.
“We are Caretaker Committees members and nobody is on permanent basis. There is no time we have an assignment that you will not find at least two person in the office. You do not need to come there when there is nothing compelling”.
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