Deputy governor of Cross River State, Mr Peter Odey has clarified that the ruling occasion, All Progressives Congress, APC, doesn’t discriminate between outdated and new members of the occasion.
reporter recollects that when former Gov Ben Ayade defected on Might 20, 2021 from PDP to APC, the outdated members of the occasion had been aggrieved that solely people who defected with him had been favored with authorities appointments.
However the deputy governor, who spoke in Igoli Ogoja on Saturday when he acquired Mike Usibe, one time Chairman of Yala Native Authorities Council and Commissioner for New Cities Improvement below the PDP, assured them of equal alternatives.
Odey stated the APC didn’t discriminate between outdated and new members citing himself for example having been nominated to contest election as Deputy Governor solely 9 months after becoming a member of the occasion.
He assured the defectors that Otu’s authorities will obtain them and that their contributions shall be revered within the occasion.
He stated Usibe was one whose political affect prolonged past Yala to Ogoj LGA.
Talking on the occasion, the chapter Chairmen of Yala, Mr. Solomon Ogar and Ogoja, Hon. Paul Adinye said that Ubise’s defection to the occasion was the removing of the strongest opposition within the zone.
