By Sixtus Uket (Calabar)
The member representing Calabar Municipality /Odukpani Federal Constituency in Cross River State, Rt. Hon. Eta Mbora, has debunked reports that he has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate in the State, Senator Sandy Ojang Onor and pitched tent with his opponent of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bassey Otu.
A statement issued by the Eta Mbora Media Team in Calabar said the Federal Lawmaker had stated unequivocally that there is no going back in the project to reclaim Cross River state from the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government.
The statement entitled: “Guber poll: No going back on ‘Project Reclaim CRS’ from APC govt, says Rt. Hon. Mbora,” explained that Mbora has maintained that he remained focused and totally committed to ensuring the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) emerged victorious in Saturday’s Governorship and State House of Assembly elections in the state.
Debunking claims that he has abandoned the party’s governorship candidate, Senator Sandy Onor, “the lawmaker said the outcome of the February 25 National Assembly election in his federal constituency will not in any way deter him from working assiduously to ensure the success of his party, the PDP, in clinching the Governorship and State Assembly polls in his constituency.
“My focus now is how to assist the PDP to victory. I would join hands with other stakeholders of the PDP to work for the victory of the party in the coming Saturday’s polls. The need to rescue the state from the mismanagement of APC should be the motivating factor for all those that truly love the state to support the candidates of the PDP.
“This is an opportunity to right the wrongs in our dear state by voting in PDP all through. It will spell doom for our dear state if we miss this golden opportunity to vote out those that have placed Cross River on the part of retrogression.
“So, what you hear outside that I have abandoned our party’s candidate after the NASS poll is a figment of the writers’ imagination and those who are afraid of the popularity and massive support for the PDP in Cross River,” the statement quoted Rt Hon. Eta Mbora as saying.
A statement titled: “PDP Reps Member, Rt. Hon. Eta Mbora pulls out of Sandy Onor campaign; Says it’s the turn of the South,” had gone viral in Social Media platforms in the State early Sunday.
The statement, which Mbora is dismissing in its entirety, had said the “opposition party seems to be spinning on a wheel of conscience as member of the Calabar Municipal/Odukpani Federal Constituency Rt. Hon. Eta Mbora pulls out of the PDP campaign organisation affirming his support for Sen. Prince Otu of the APC.”
It added that: “Mbora, who is a PDP card carrying member representing Odukpani/Calabar Municipality Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, has stated that he will stay in PDP and work for Senator Otu who he believes has the pedigree to serve and is from the Southern Senatorial District.”
