INEC omits ADC, NDC from Cross River guber list

…NDC candidate blames bureaucratic error
By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has omitted the governorship candidates of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) from its final list of eight candidates for the 2027 governorship election in Cross River State.
The list, signed by the Commission’s Secretary, Mrs Rose Oriaran-Anthony, and obtained by Vanguard, was released on Saturday.
However, John Upan Odey Jr, the NDC governorship candidate, has attributed his omission to what he described as a bureaucratic error by INEC, saying stakeholders would engage the commission on Monday to resolve the issue. ...