{"id":11418,"date":"2026-11-07T00:31:36","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T00:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/cross-river-pdp-gov-candidate-woos-apc-members\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T00:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T00:31:36","slug":"cross-river-pdp-gov-candidate-woos-apc-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/cross-river-pdp-gov-candidate-woos-apc-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross River PDP gov candidate woos APC members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Cross River State, Arthur Jarvis, has announced plans by the party to launch a Rainbow Coalition, inviting members of the All Progressives Congress and other political parties to join the political movement ahead of the 2027 elections.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Jarvis said the PDP was opening its doors to all political actors willing to work towards rescuing the state, irrespective of their political affiliations.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>He spoke on Friday at the inauguration of the newly sworn-in state chairman of the PDP, Dr Francis Bullem, where he declared that the party was in a strong position in the state.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>He called on the people of the state to unite behind the party, promising that a PDP government in 2027 would prioritise the interests of all residents.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jarvis also criticised what he described as a growing culture of political thuggery, alleging that some youths were being paid to attack visitors.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He lamented the declining standards of a state that was once regarded as a model for other states because of its peaceful atmosphere.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis is a state that we had so much pride for, this is a state that other states use to come and study the peaceful status. Sadly, it has now become a theatre for thuggery,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOur young boys are now being given money as employment letters to go and break glasses of even visitors into our state. How low have we descended?\u201d<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Meanwhile, the newly inaugurated state chairman, Bullem, pledged to unite the party and strengthen its structures ahead of the 2027 elections.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>He described his emergence as coming at a difficult period in the party\u2019s history and called for reconciliation among aggrieved members.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Bullem assured members that his administration would operate with integrity, inclusiveness, and commitment, stressing that there was room for every member to contribute to the party\u2019s rebuilding process.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Cross River State, Arthur Jarvis, has announced plans by the party to launch a Rainbow Coalition, inviting members of the All&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}