LP reschedules primaries to woo aspirants in C’ River

In an apparent bid to woo more aspirants to its fold, the Labour Party in Cross Rivers State on Saturday got an approval from its national headquarters to extend the conduct of primaries into various elective positions for the 2015 general elections.
The state Chairman of the party, Mr. Austin Ibok, who disclosed this on Saturday in Calabar, said the ground for the shift was to enable the party entice credible aspirants that could defeat candidates of other political parties in the elections ahead.
Under the new arrangement, the party chairman disclosed that primaries for the House of Representatives and Senate will hold on December 9, while that of governorship and state house of assembly will take place the next day.
Ibok said the LP was a credible platform that could be used by those with political aspiration to achieve their dream, adding that the 2015 general election would not be determined by the credibility of the aspirant.
He said, “It should be noted that the politics of 2015 general elections in Cross River State will not just be determined by parties affiliation but by mass mobilization against second slavery.
“As a credible alternative in Cross River State, we are ready to field the most competitive men of character and content in the forth coming general elections. It is for that reason that we have rescheduled our primaries with the approval from the national headquarters of the party. We have also informed the electoral body of the change.”