{"id":8010,"date":"2026-11-03T18:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T18:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/2027-cross-river-behind-tinubu-otu-betta-edu\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T18:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T18:45:48","slug":"2027-cross-river-behind-tinubu-otu-betta-edu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/2027-cross-river-behind-tinubu-otu-betta-edu\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: Cross River behind Tinubu, Otu \u2014 Betta Edu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"65.695256660169\">\n<p>A former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu, has expressed confidence that Cross River State will support President Bola Tinubu\u2019s re-election bid and Governor Bassey Otu\u2019s second-term ambition in the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Edu, who is the Co-Director of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council Women Mobilisation Directorate, spoke on the sidelines of an APC rally in Calabar, according to a statement made available to PUNCH Online on Tuesday<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cCross River State is 100 per cent behind President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s 2027 re-election bid and Governor Bassey Otu\u2019s second-term ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edu described the rally as a demonstration of the party\u2019s unity and support in the state, saying, \u201cThe rally is a powerful demonstration of the unity, strength, and unwavering commitment of the APC family in Cross River.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She urged party members, women, youths and grassroots mobilisers to sustain the momentum through community engagement, mobilisation and voter sensitisation ahead of the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The rally was attended by Vice-President Kashim Shettima; Senate President Godswill Akpabio; APC National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda; and governors of Cross River, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Edo states.<\/p>\n<p>Other attendees included members of the party\u2019s Presidential Campaign Council, political leaders and supporters.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#1e6a767b7b7a776a716c5e6e6b707d767079307d7173\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"fe8a969b9b9a978a918cbe8e8b909d969099d09d9193\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu, has expressed confidence that Cross River State will support President Bola Tinubu\u2019s re-election bid and Governor Bassey Otu\u2019s second-term ambition in the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8010","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=8010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}