Idan aka duba gabaki daya za a ga cewa jam’iyyar All Progressives Congress (APC) mai mulki a jihar Kuros Riba za ta iya kokawa a zaben gwamna da za a yi a ranar 18 ga watan Maris.
Wannan dai bai rasa nasaba da yadda babbar jam’iyyar adawa ta PDP ta ke kara tabarbarewa, wadda a cikin shekaru biyun da suka gabata ta ba da kudi mai yawa a kokarinta na maido da mulki a jihar.
Wasu da dama kuma sun yi gaggawar nuna cewa APC ba ta taba cin zaben gwamna a jihar ba.
Idan APC ta yi nasara a zaben, zaben na yau Asabar zai kasance karo na farko da jam’iyyar za ta lashe zaben gwamna a Cross River.
Tun a shekarar 1999 da kasar nan ta koma kan tafarkin dimokuradiyya, PDP ce ke kan gaba, har zuwa ranar 20 ga watan Mayun 2021, lokacin da Gwamna Ben Ayade ya sauya sheka zuwa jam’iyyar APC mai fafutuka a lokacin, ya kuma sa jam’iyyar ta zama babbar jam’iyya.
Amma idan aka kalli hoton na kusa ya ba da labari na daban.
A yayin da jam’iyyun biyu za su fafata zaben gwamna a ranar 18 ga watan Maris, APC ce ke rike da kambun zabe tare da yanke shawarar yin biyayya ga tsarin karba-karba da aka yi a yanzu.
Yarjejeniyar, ko da yake ba a rubuta ba, tana karkata madafun iko a tsakanin gundumomin sanatoci uku na jihar. Wannan tsari na juyawa ya samar da Donald Duke daga Kudu (1999-2003), Liyel Imoke daga tsakiya (2003 – 2015) da Ben Ayade daga Arewa (2015 – 2023).
Yanzu dai jam’iyyar APC ta dage cewa dole ne wanda zai gaji Gwamna Ayade ya fito daga yankin Sanatan Kudancin kasar nan a matsayin hanyar tabbatar da dorewar siyasar jihar. A matsayin nuna biyayya ga tsarin, jam’iyyar ta zabi dan takararta, Prince Bassey Otu, daga gundumar Kuros Riba ta Kudu.
Wannan mataki dai ya samu goyon bayan jiga-jigan jam’iyyar APC daga yankin Arewaci da na tsakiya.
Daya daga cikinsu, Sanata John Owan-Enoh, daga gundumar Sanata ta tsakiya, ya fito fili ya ce: “A wannan karon, [it] na Kudu ne. Dole ne mu yi duk mai yiwuwa don tabbatar da motsin wutar lantarki ya tsaya. Na kaddamar da dukkan tsare-tsarena a tsakiya wanda ya baiwa jam’iyyar damar lashe zaben shugaban kasa a ranar 25 ga Fabrairu 2023.”
Ita kuwa jam’iyyar PDP ta ce bin ka’idar karba-karba ba zai ba da damar yin inganci ba.
Dan takararta na gwamna, Farfesa Sandy Ojang Onor, har ma ya yi ikirarin cewa “dole ne a karbi mulki ba a ba da shi ba.”
Onor ya ci gaba da cewa, shi ma yana da tushe mai karfi a karamar hukumar Akamkpa saboda iyayensa guda biyu suna da asalin al’ummar Ejagham, amma matsayinsa da na jam’iyyarsa ya sabawa ra’ayin jama’a.
Abu mafi muni, wanda aka dade ana takun-saka tsakanin dan takararta na shugaban kasa, Abubakar Atiku, da gwamnonin G-5 masu tayar da kayar baya, karkashin jagorancin Gwamna Nyesome Wike na jihar Ribas, PDP ba ta yi daidai ba wajen ja da baya dan takarar ta na gwamnan Cross Rivers. .
Kasancewar jam’iyyar ta kasu kashi daban-daban, ba duk magoya bayan PDP da mambobin jam’iyyar ne ke goyon bayan tikitin Sandy Onor ba. Idan aka yi la’akari da alkiblar riga-kafi da ke kankama a cikin jam’iyyar a halin yanzu, wasu abubuwa za su yi aiki a matsayin marubuta na biyar don tabbatar da cewa daya bangaren ya sha kaye a zaben a matsayin mayar da martani.
Ko da yake, tsohon gwamna Donald Duke ya yi ta tofa albarkacin bakinsa cewa barin Yarima Bassey Otu na jam’iyyar APC ya zama gwamna, hakan na nufin “kara wa Ben Ayade wa’adin mulki,” an yi masa kaca-kaca da ra’ayinsa.
Duke ya kasance hari ga ‘yan uwansa, wadanda a wani taron manema labarai a Calabar ranar Alhamis, suka bayyana shi a matsayin Yahuda.
Wata sanarwa mai dauke da sa hannun shugabanni da masu ruwa da tsaki na yankin kudu 26 sun tsawata masa kamar haka: “Don dan mu, Duke, ya daidaita tsarin karba-karba na mulki cikin tsari da adalci wanda ke kunshe a cikin taken “Back To South” a maimakon haka a daidaita shi da “Baya. Zuwa Matsayin, Komawa ga Ayade” cin amana ne mafi rashin tausayi.”
Kungiyar ta ci gaba da cewa: “Abin ya ma fi zafi a ce wannan ya fito daga wani dan Kudu da ya ci moriyarsa amma ya bar Kudu a cikin kunci, talauci da rashin karfi a karshen mulkinsa mai haske.
“Abin takaici ne idan shugabannin da suka fi kowa sani, suka yi kokarin yaudarar mutanenmu, su yi tunanin cewa bayan hawansa mulki, Sanata Prince Otu zai zama majibincin kowa.”
A halin da ake ciki, jam’iyyar APC na tafiya ne a kan ra’ayin jama’a wanda zai iya kai wa jam’iyyar tikitin takarar gwamna a rumfunan zabe.