The Cross River State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has disassociated itself from reports of an alliance with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
On Monday, it was reported that APC leadership in Cross River State has adopted LP’s Brian Odey for the March 11 House of Assembly election to represent the Yala 1 constituency.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Alphonsus Eba, the state chairman of APC disclosed that the party’s decision followed the Supreme Court’s judgment nullifying the candidacy of Regina Anyogo, who was hitherto the candidate of the APC, for the seat.
He said the alliance between the two parties in the state was to pave the way for the emergence of Sen. Bassey Otu, the governorship candidate of the APC, as the governor of Cross River state.
NAN quoted Eba as saying, “As a party, we are adopting the candidate of the Labour Party, Brian Odey for the Yala 1 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.”
However, in a statement issued by its publicity secretary, Lekam Ofem on Monday, LP said it had not collapsed its structure for APC or any other political party in the state ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
“The endorsement of LP’s candidate for Yala State Constituency I has no affiliation with APC in Cross River and LP in the state has completely dissociated itself from such an arrangement,” the statement reads.
“We understand that LP’s outstanding performance during the presidential election where it won in Cross River, including Yala LGA which is the primary constituency of the APC state chairman, has placed the party as a threat.
“We, therefore, urge our teeming supporters to remain calm and disregard any rumour in the social media that is not endorsed by the leadership of the party in the state.”
Ofem further said that the party’s governorship candidate in the state, Ogar Osim, was still very much in the race.
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