{"id":160478,"date":"2025-04-26T22:55:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T21:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/10-parties-join-forces-to-unseat-gov-otu-in-2027"},"modified":"2025-04-28T18:53:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:53:51","slug":"10-parties-join-forces-to-unseat-gov-otu-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/10-parties-join-forces-to-unseat-gov-otu-in-2027","title":{"rendered":"10 parties join forces to unseat Gov Otu in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>No fewer than ten political parties in Cross River State have united for the sole aim of removing incumbent Governor, Senator Bassey Otu from power in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition was formed yesterday at the end of a crucial meeting in Calabar.<\/p>\n<p>The leadership of the ten political parties unanimously agreed to form the coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>The group frowned at the governance of APC in the state, lampooning the administration.<\/p>\n<p>They charged the ruling party to return to good governance, as well as ensure accountability and transparency in the day to day running of the state.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by Rev. Omaleko Efut Omaleko, the Director of Communication and Strategy and state Chairman of APGA, the Coalition warned the ruling APC not to turn the state into a one party state by kneeling on the neck of democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Party Chairmen present at the meeting included the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Allied People\u2019s Movement, APM, Boot Party, BP, Labour Party, LP, Social Democratic Party, SDP, and Young Progressives Party, YPP.<\/p>\n<p>Action Democratic Congress, ADC, and New Nigerian People\u2019s Party, NNPP sent representatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. No fewer than ten political parties in Cross River State have united for the sole aim of removing incumbent Governor, Senator Bassey Otu from power in 2027. The coalition was formed yesterday at the end of a crucial meeting in Calabar. The leadership of the ten political parties unanimously agreed to form [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":160477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[254,10044],"class_list":["post-160478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-nigeria","tag-otu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>10 parties join forces to unseat Gov Otu in 2027 - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"No fewer than ten political parties in Cross River State have united for the sole aim of removing incumbent Governor, Se ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/10-parties-join-forces-to-unseat-gov-otu-in-2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"10 parties join forces to unseat Gov Otu in 2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"No fewer than ten political parties in Cross River State have united for the sole aim of removing incumbent Governor, Se ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/10-parties-join-forces-to-unseat-gov-otu-in-2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-26T21:55:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-28T17:53:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745695828.018344.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"854\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/10-parties-join-forces-to-unseat-gov-otu-in-2027#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/10-parties-join-forces-to-unseat-gov-otu-in-2027\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"10 parties join forces to unseat Gov Otu in 2027\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-26T21:55:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-28T17:53:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/10-parties-join-forces-to-unseat-gov-otu-in-2027\"},\"wordCount\":207,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/10-parties-join-forces-to-unseat-gov-otu-in-2027#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745695828.018344.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Otu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/10-parties-join-forces-to-unseat-gov-otu-in-2027#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/10-parties-join-forces-to-unseat-gov-otu-in-2027\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/10-parties-join-forces-to-unseat-gov-otu-in-2027\",\"name\":\"10 parties join forces to unseat Gov Otu in 2027 - 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