Cross River APC crisis: Chieftain blames Oyegun, others

A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River state, Barrister Utum Eteng, has pointed fingers at the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Oyegun, and other national officers for mishandling the crisis in the state chapter.
In a chat with our reporter, Eteng said although the national chairman was not actually stoking the crisis, Oyegun “has shown some level of lack of firmness in a taking a decisive decision as a leader of a party.”
He said: “This is so because, when a country or an organisation has made a constitution to guide its activities, it is only activities that are within the limits of the constitution that are permissible to be performed by the members of the party and the leadership of the party. For instance, if there are crises like they are now, you want to intervene, intervene through setting up an impartial committee and supervising the committee.
“Let me tell, and I want to be quoted anywhere, any time, on the 19 of February, I was invited to come to the national secretariat to take part in the peaceful resolution of the crisis in Cross River state. Clement Ebri was there, Pastor Usani Usani, the Minister for Niger Delta was there, Victor Ndoma-Egba, the former leader of Senate was there. Senator Bassey Otu was there. Owan Enoh was there, Chief Wilfred Inah was there. Obono Obla was there. The former Speaker who acted as governor, Larry Odey was there. Mary Ekpere was there.
“If I have any disenchantment about what happened thereafter, it all started from that meeting. I have mentioned prominent Cross Riverians. My anger is, because of the prominent Cross Riverians who were there, it was as if they were sold into a kind of slavery. Everybody sat there, with the former governor of Ekiti State, Segun Oni and one Senator Osita Izunaso who did not have the kind of impetus he displayed in his own state.”

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