{"id":191221,"date":"2022-05-27T15:44:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T14:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=191221"},"modified":"2022-05-27T15:44:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T14:44:27","slug":"bassey-otu-emerges-criver-apc-guber-candidate-in-a-landslide-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/27\/bassey-otu-emerges-criver-apc-guber-candidate-in-a-landslide-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Bassey Otu emerges C\u2019River APC guber candidate in a landslide victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Senator representing Southern Senatorial District in Cross River, Sen. 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Bassey Otu started by thanking God while lauding governor Ayade for his courage in giving the People a voice .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to start by thanking God almighty, let me salute the courage , dexterity , ethical standing and where he is taking Cross River State , we are very proud of you. When you started, your critical focus was to decouple Cross River from leaning too much on federal allocation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue where you stopped .We will make sure that we will take to to the level where Cross Riverians will be happy and benefits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d I\u2019m a proud of the delegates. God will bear me witness , these voters have voted without a penny. I\u2019m touched by this show of love, today is birth of a project that will signal the birth of our journey in Cross River<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis day wouldn\u2019t have been possible if not that many of the aspirants decided to sacrifice their ambition for the interest of the state. 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