By Frank Ulom Nine heavyweights of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and their multitude of supporters, have dumped the party in Cross River State. One of them is Rt. Hon. Efa Esua, a two-time member representing Calabar Municipality State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly. Esua resigned from the party on 16…
By Frank Ulom Two-time House of Assembly Member, Rt. Hon. Efa Esua, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Cross River State. CONVERSEER reports that Esua who represented Calabar Municipality State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly from 2015 to 2023, tendered his resignation letter from the PDP on 16 February…
By Frank Ulom The Federal House of Representatives candidate for the 2022 Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency by-election, Hon. Mike Ede Usibe, has dumbed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Usibe defeated Barr. Godwin Offiono and Margaret Odey in the PDP primaries that held on Thursday, 3 February 2022, after polling…
By Frank Ulom Another chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Emmanuel Irom has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC in Cross River State. Irom, a prominent member of the PDP resigned his membership from the party on Monday, 12 February 2024. His decision, CONVERSEER gathered, came in after a brief meeting with…
By Frank Ulom 25 years after joining the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in 1999, Dominic Edet Henshaw has left the party. Henshaw said the ideology of the party has changed over the last 25 years. In a resignation letter addressed to the Chairman of the party in Ward 7 in Calabar South Local Government Area…
By Frank Ulom Dr Martins Achadu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won the Yala II State Constituency rerun election. Achadu was declared winner of the Saturday, 3 February 2024 rerun election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Returning Officer, Mrs Dorathy Inyang. His party, PDP, won the majority of votes cast in…
By Our Reporter A key figure in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Kennedy Okoi, has formally joined the All Progressives Congress, APC along with fellow party members, ahead of the February 2024 Akamkpa/Biase Federal Constituency rerun. Okoi, a significant and influential figure within the PDP in Adim Ward, Biase Local Government Area of Cross…
By Joe Udeo A tragic fire incident has claimed the life of Mrs Elizabeth Udo Ekpenyong, wife of the former Akwa Ibom State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Chairman, late Obong Udo Ekpeyong. CONVERSEER reports that the fire which gutted the house of late Ekpenyong, also took the life of his sister-in-law, Ms Ofonime Frank, in…
By Our Reporter Hon. Amina Divine Arong has officially declared her candidacy for the vacant position of National Women’s Leader, following her participation as an aspirant at the 2021 National Convention. A seasoned politician with a rich history of service to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Arong’s qualifications and background are detailed in this document….
By Frank Ulom Sen. Sandy Onor has rejected the Wednesday 22nd November 2023 Appeal Court judgement affirming Sen. Bassey Otu as the governor of Cross River State. In a statement on Wednesday, shortly after the judgement in Lagos, Onor said he’s seeking further legal action as the next step – which is the Supreme Court….