By Prince Eyo Okon Bassey
Cross River State, today enjoys Federal presence because of the APC led Federal Government. However, the government of Cross River State and her legislators have been a monumental failure to the people.
Prior to the issue of automatic ticket, Ayade had made arrangements to switch camp with some federal legislators, and obviously missing in the list of those to join Ayade, were names like Gershom Bassey, Rose Oko, Jarigbe Agom, Essien Ayi, Daniel Asuquo and Etta Mbora. According to Ayade, the above listed national assembly members are power hungers and their desperation for power was not centered on the people but to massage their political ego and big life styles. And as the saying goes, he who approaches equity, must do so with clean hands, Ayade was given option to forego his Governorship ambition and take the senate, since for the APC, Ayade is unmarketable but his love for power didn't allow him concur to the bargain.
Gershom Bassey, Rose Oko, Essien Ayi, Jarigbe Agom, Daniel Asoquo went to the national chairman through senator Rose Oko, to demand for automatic ticket for all national assembly members with a threat of defection. Secondus was left with no other option, but to ask Ayade to deliver all national assembly members. Behind all these plans, Liyel Imoke has his role, and hopes to present her wife and the Senatorial candidate for PDP in Central Senatorial District of CRS.
The joy of this automatic ticket is that, the above legislators apart from Jarigbe who enjoys social media popularity, will not give APC any issue to crack on the forth coming elections.
Senator Gershom Bassey, would be facing Prince Otu, without the help of Liyel in power. Ayade is too docile to deliver any candidate, and the federal might, favours the APC. Senator Rose Oko, if given ticket to stand election with Ray Murphy, Wabily Nyiam or Larry Odey, would fail with a great margin. Etabe has no political relevance in Obubra and there is no Owan to deliver him. Jarigbe Agom fears the sagacity of his kinsman Rt. Hon. Paddy Uguge who if permitted to contest in the PDP, will defeat him at the primaries, given that Jarigbe through his utterances on social media and private conversations has always worked against the Ngaji's, will obviously loose Yala totally, Paddy will share nkem Iborr and nkem Irede wards, the Timmy Tom fracture will give urban 1 and 2 to Paddy and ofcourse Mbube will vote against him, since he prefers and Urban lady from his camp to an Mbube son. Whatever be the situation, either paddy or Jari would have to meet with Khaki Agbe, a dogged fighter.
In all of these political calculations and antics, I see the fear of APC, I see their frights in silent, I see their hopes been dashed away.
The big question is, can PDP win elections in Cross River State again, with those bunch of unmarketable politicians that even the APC rejected?
Does Ayade have the political sagacity and determination of Liyel to rig elections?
Will the APC federal government permit a failure in the state a second time after the huge benefits the state enjoys at the center?
Is this imposition saga not an advantage for us the APC to file strong contendants, with the transparent nature of Inec and other security agencies to win Cross River State and indeed all other political offices? 2019 is indeed interesting.
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