Some say Cross River will be poorer for it if Ayade is allowed to choose a successor, while others are of the opinion that the governor should be allowed to determine his successor as it will give room for continuity. BenAyade
lawmakers and some founding members of the party in the state and those at the home front, led by the state’s chief executive, Governor Senator Ben Ayade and Ntufam Edim Inok-led State Executive Committee of the party.
However, some other persons have maintained that the story of continuity of projects is a non-issue in Nigeria’s politics, as every governor wants to create his own signature projects in total neglect of what his predecessor did. They cite Ayade’s case whose penchant for white elephant projects are allegedly avenues to milk the state dry.
In a statement signed by Chief Inang Owali and 30 others, including the Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba representatives after their emergency meeting on May 9, the group unanimously passed a vote of confidence on Senator Bassey. The national organising secretary, Akobundu said, “We have reconstituted the State Executive Committee into a caretaker one and it is just for a short while. The idea is that once INEC allows us to continue with the congresses, we will do them because state congresses are monitored by INEC national”.
The said aggrieved aspirants are John Orim, John Ojeka, Bassey Effiong Bassey, Irom Bassey Okey, Okoi Okorn Obeten, Bernard Iso, Philip Etim Bassey, Amba Onen Neji, Edem Ironbar, Eyo-Nsa Eyo-Ita, and Asinya Ekpe Ntan. Consequently, they sued the PDP, the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, national organising secretary and the state’s chairman of PDP. In a suit No HC/178/2020 and dated July 2, 2020, they prayed the court to restrain the national leadership of the party from acting on any list except the one submitted by the Cross River PDP in relation to the recently conducted ward and local government congresses in the state.
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