by By Admin
Gale of defection has continued to gather momentum as the Coalition of Opposition Political Parties (COPPS) Cross River state chapter has formerly adopted and endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Sen Sandy Onor, ahead of the governorship polls.
The Coalition made up of not fewer than 10 political parties, said they decided to collapsed their structures in support of Onor’s candidacy after their extra-ordinary meeting held yesterday to review state of affairs.
A few days back, Sen Sandy Onor had also secured the endorsement of notable religious, social-clutural and political groups including the Ejagham Stakeholders Forum, (ESHF), Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), and the Obi-Dients Movements.
In a statement by the Chairman of COPPs, Mr Ntami Esege, on behalf of ten of them, it said that the decision to team up with the PDP candidate is to support the man with the right credentials to led the state to an enviable height.
He noted that the decision to support the PDP candidate was arrived at, after a careful assessment of all the candidates with focus on competence, capacity and character
He pointed out that Onor’s antecedent placed him above every other candidate for the job of leading the state for the next four years.
“Conscious of what the State has gone through in the last eight years, we unanimously resolved to support a man with the right credentials to lead the Stale to an enviable height,” he stated.
The political parties include ADC, ZLP, AA, APGA, APP, APM, NRM, ADP, BP and Accord.
