Godwin Otang, Calabar
A total of 10 political parties in Cross River state, have collapsed their structures for the Peoples Democratic Party’s gubernatorial flag bearer, Sandy Ojang Onor, ahead of the March 18th polls.
In recent days, the gale of defection has continued to gather momentum and has culminated in the adoption of Sandy Onor, by the Coalition of Opposition Political Parties (COPPS) Cross River state chapter, who have formerly adopted and endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, ahead of the polls.
The Coalition, made up of not fewer than 10 political parties, said they decided to collapse their structures in support of Onor’s candidacy after their extraordinary meeting held yesterday to review the state of affairs.
A few days back, Sen. Sandy Onor had also secured the endorsement of notable religious and social-cultural and political groups including the Ejagham Stakeholders Forum, (ESHF), Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), and the Obi-Dients Movement.
In a statement by the chairman of the COPPs, Mr Ntami Esege, on behalf of ten of them, it said that the decision to team up with the PDP candidate is to support the man with the right credentials to led the state to an enviable height.
He noted that the decision to support the PDP candidate was arrived at after a careful assessment of all the candidates with focus on competence, capacity and character
He pointed out that Onor’s antecedent placed him above every other candidate for the job of leading the state for the next four years.
“Conscious of what the State has gone through in the last eight years, we unanimously resolved to support a man with the right credentials to lead the Stale to an enviable height,” he stated.
The political parties include; African Democratic Congress (ADC)), Zenith Labour party (ZLP), Action Alliance (AA), All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), All Peoples Party (APP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), National Rescue Movement (NRM), Action Democratic Party (ADP), Boot Party (BP) and the Accord Party (AP).
