By Nsan Ndoma-Neji
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State has unveiled its Advisory Council for the State Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 governorship election.
Prominent names on the list include the President of Semakemek Support Organization, Archbishop Emmah Gospel Isong, former Governor Ben Ayade and Dame Senator Florence Ita-Giwa.
Also appointed into the council are Etubom Anthony Ani, Nelly Andem Ewa, SAN, and other eminent personalities across the state.
Archbishop Isong, who is also Chief Executive Officer of Remedy for Victims of Religious Persecution and Discrimination and National Vice President (South South) of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, was instrumental to the emergence of Governor Bassey Otu in 2023.
Reacting to his appointment, which political observers have described as strategic, Archbishop Isong expressed appreciation to the Governor and the party.
He thanked Governor Otu and his team “for recognizing Jesus Christ as the Governor of Cross River State” and for looking beyond tribe and political class in constituting the council.
According to him, “I did not bargain for the position, it is what I have been doing in different administrations.”
He further urged other political parties to emulate Governor Otu by shunning “politics of bitterness, thuggery and nepotism.”
