Ahead of the governorship elections, political parties hitherto considered less popular in Cross River State have penetrated the nooks and crannies of the State.
They include: Young Progressives Party, YPP, Labour Party (LP), African Democratic Congress (ADC), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), African Alliance (AA) and Social Democratic Party, SDP.
Nobody gives them any chance, they are underrated and belittled.
Except for the PRP which has the former minister of Niger Delta affairs ministry, Pastor Usani Usani as the sole sponsor, and gubernatorial candidate, none of the other parties has dependable resources to reckon with. He appears to be the only known name in a fledgling party which he single-handedly resurrected when he left APC.
Usani said he is depending much on his goodwill, fame and political dexterity to win the upcoming Governorship election in the state. But many do not take him seriously.
According to Usani, names of political parties do not make the parties but the individuals and their contents, political programmes and sincerity are what should garner votes to his favour. And he has them in quantum, he said in an interview.
Usani, a former state chairman of APC, said he has the capacity to win the governorship election having campaigned extensively.
Could it be that his entrance into the governorship race has become a threat to APC and PDP whom some believed that either of them will win the governorship election in the state?
Usani has survived several assassination attempts. Usani himself had to send a petition to the commissioner of police in September 2022 about the various threats to his life.
Labour Party is another party that is posing a bigger threat to APC and PDP.
LP in the state is riding on the fame and popularity of the presidential candidate of their party, Peter Obi. But many do not still believe in the flagbearer, Ogar Osim, who is a clergyman in the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star
