The Labour Party, LP, in Cross River State has distanced
itself from the supposed alliance formed between the ruling All Progressives
Congress, APC and Odey Brian who claimed to be the LP candidate in the
forthcoming State House of Assembly election for Yala 1 Constituency.
Brian had appeared with the Cross River APC chairman,
Barrister Alphonsus Eba, at a news conference at NUJ Press Centre, Calabar,
where Eba had declared that the APC has decided to project and sponsor the LP
candidate since its own candidate, Regina Anyogo, was disqualified by the
Supreme Court last week.
According to the APC chairman: “We have decided to go into
alliance with the Labour Party in the state. We also want to identify with this
young man, Brian Odey who was able to mobilise vast numbers of votes for Labour
Party. We have agreed that while we support him with all he needs to win the
election as member representing Yala 1 State Constituency, he will also work
substantially to boost votes for our governorship candidate, Prince Bassey Otu,
instead of Prof Sandy Onor, the PDP candidate.”
The APC chairman also said that the Labour Party has no
governorship candidate and, therefore, is now willing to work with the APC.
Reacting swiftly in a statement, the leadership of the
Labour Party in the state distanced itself from the said alliance and also
denied that Brian Odey is the party’s candidate for the weekend election.
LP further affirmed that Ogar Osim remains its governorship
candidate for March 11 election.
Cross River State Publicity Secretary of Labour Party, Dr
L.U. Ofem, who signed the statement on behalf of the party chairman, said:
“Labour Party is not in any alliance with APC or any political party. LP has
its governorship candidate in the person of Patriarch Ogar Osim who is very
much in the race to victory.”
He affirmed that the purported endorsement of a certain
Brian Odey as the LP candidate for Yala 1 State Constituency was an exercise in
futility as he “has no affiliation with LP Cross River State structure.”
In measured words, Ofem stated: “LP CRS completely
dissociates itself from the arrangement.”
The desire of the APC to draw closer to LP, he claimed, is a
result of the LP’s massive win in the state as well as in Yala LGA during the
presidential election, adding that APC now sees LP as a bigger threat.
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