{"id":173982,"date":"2025-08-13T11:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T10:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/reps-member-egbunna-on-matching-adc-with-money"},"modified":"2025-08-13T12:56:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T11:56:55","slug":"reps-member-egbunna-on-matching-adc-with-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reps-member-egbunna-on-matching-adc-with-money","title":{"rendered":"Reps Member Egbunna on Matching ADC with Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>House of Representatives member for Abi\/Yakurr Federal Constituency, Alex Egbunna, has warned against dismissing the political threat posed by the coalition party, African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 elections in Cross River State.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists in Calabar, Egbunna, while describing the party as \u201cnothing,\u201d quickly cautioned that any politician who underestimates the ADC is making a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnybody who underrates the ADC in Cross River is not a serious politician.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are nothing, but we will not underrate them since the likes of former governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, are seriously involved and leading them in the state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Egbunna, who acknowledged Imoke as his \u201cboss and former principal,\u201d noted the former governor\u2019s political clout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn politics, you do not underrate any party. We\u2019re going to match strength for strength, money for money, and connections for connections,\u201d he vowed, warning: \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean they can defeat us in 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker expressed confidence in the ruling party\u2019s performance over the past two years, saying it has brightened their re-election prospects.<\/p>\n<p>On the opposition PDP\u2019s chances of bouncing back, Egbunna was blunt:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPDP can never regroup again. They are still tearing themselves apart. Everyone can see how their symbol, the umbrella, has torn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir key members have abandoned it for the APC and other fragile opposition parties.\u201d<\/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. House of Representatives member for Abi\/Yakurr Federal Constituency, Alex Egbunna, has warned against dismissing the political threat posed by the coalition party, African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 elections in Cross River State. Speaking to journalists in Calabar, Egbunna, while describing the party as \u201cnothing,\u201d quickly cautioned that any politician [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":173981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[118,18377,254],"class_list":["post-173982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-adc","tag-egbunna","tag-nigeria"],"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>Reps Member Egbunna on Matching ADC with Money - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"House of Representatives member for Abi\/Yakurr Federal Constituency, Alex Egbunna, has warned against dismissing the pol ...\" \/>\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\/policy\/reps-member-egbunna-on-matching-adc-with-money\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reps Member Egbunna on Matching ADC with Money\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"House of Representatives member for Abi\/Yakurr Federal Constituency, Alex Egbunna, has warned against dismissing the pol ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reps-member-egbunna-on-matching-adc-with-money\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-13T10:55:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-13T11:56:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755073757.355341.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reps-member-egbunna-on-matching-adc-with-money#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reps-member-egbunna-on-matching-adc-with-money\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Reps Member Egbunna on Matching ADC with Money\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-13T10:55:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-13T11:56:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reps-member-egbunna-on-matching-adc-with-money\"},\"wordCount\":243,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reps-member-egbunna-on-matching-adc-with-money#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755073757.355341.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ADC\",\"Egbunna\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reps-member-egbunna-on-matching-adc-with-money#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reps-member-egbunna-on-matching-adc-with-money\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/reps-member-egbunna-on-matching-adc-with-money\",\"name\":\"Reps Member Egbunna on Matching ADC with Money - 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