2027 Elections: PDP Dissolves Cross River Congress, Installs Caretaker Leadership

The establishment of a Caretaker Committee to manage the party’s operations in the state has been approved by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which has declared the Cross River State Congress invalid.

This was said in a statement released in Abuja on Tuesday by Debo Ologunagba, the party’s national publicity secretary.

According to Ologunagba, the decision was made in accordance with the party’s 2017 amendments to the constitution.

He claims that even though the PDP National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, wrote a separate letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission on September 25 informing them of the postponement of the congresses in Cross River, Plateau, and Kebbi States, National Chairman Umar Damagum said that the Cross River congress would go ahead as scheduled on September 27.

Ologunagba explained that although some people gathered in Calabar on Saturday, the state did not have a congress.

As the State Executive Committee of the Cross River State Chapter was elected four years ago, its term ended, and the NWC took the step of forming a Caretaker Committee in the state, the party’s spokesman noted.

As of Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, the Caretaker Committee will oversee the Party’s operations in Cross River State for a maximum of three months, or until a new State Executive Committee is chosen in the state.

Bassey Joseph (Acting Secretary) and Bassey Eko Ewa (Chairman) are the members of the Cross River State PDP Caretaker Committee. Other members include Godswill Obindim, Edem Ekong, Raymond Abo, Moses Bisuakefe, Agabi Dominic Oko, Walter Nandi Esom, Ekpo Asuquo, Ankot Cohbom, Ofana Raphael Odo, Lynne Bassey, Etim Okon, Agabi Dominic Oko, Victor Erig Takon, and Udie Mike.

In order to advance the Party, the NWC calls on all leaders, important stakeholders, and hordes of members in Cross River State to stay together and keep cooperating, the statement read.