By Abasi Ita, Calabar
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP Governorship candidate in Cross River State, Senator Sandy Onor has described the candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC seeking elective offices in the state as products of a poisoned chalice commissioned to ruin the state completely if elected
Speaking during an interactive session with royal fathers in Ogoja, Cross River North, Senator Onor stated that the unorthodox process that produced the APC flag bearers compromised their integrity and independence thereby eroding their credibility”
In his words” it is a common knowledge that all the APC candidates on parade were handpicked by the Ayades. Given the havocs wrecked on our state by Ayade and his cohorts, it would be a terrible risk to support any candidate tied to that apron string”
“We can not afford to jeopardize the future of our next generation by perpetuating the unmitigated disaster symbolize by Ayade under the guise of an ethnic mantra”
He solicited for total support for all PDP candidates and enjoined the royal fathers to invoke necessary traditional means to deter election riggers while ensuring that their votes are protected in a free and fair ballot
Also speaking, the Senator representing Cross River North, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe expressed delight over the high turnout which he noted reflects the massive support being enjoy by the PDP in Ogoja
Senator Jarigbe described the stipends being collected by the royal fathers under the Ayade administration as sacrilegious and announced a 100 percent increment from the current package of seven thousand five hundred and twenty thousand naira for village and clan heads respectively
In his remarks, the Paramount Ruler of Ogoja, HRM Mathias Abua represented by Chief Butrus Abue sued for a peaceful elections