Ukorebi Esien | December 8, 2025
CALABAR – The crisis within the Cross River State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has taken a significant turn as the party's National Working Committee moves to restore order and enforce due process amid growing internal tensions.
This development follows a formal summons issued by the APC National Legal Adviser, Murtala Aliyu Kankia, directing State Chairman Alphonsus Eba to appear before the national leadership over allegations raised by members of the State Executive Committee.
It could be recalled that the State Executive Committee had recently passed a vote of no confidence on Eba and claimed to have removed him from office. Immediately at the party's secretariat in Calabar, Ntufam Ekum Ojogu was unveiled as acting chairman, according to earlier reports by TDN.
In a letter dated December 4, 2025, made available to newsmen on Friday in Calabar, Kankia instructed the embattled chairman to appear at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja on Monday,(today) December 8, 2025, at 4 pm to respond to the allegations, emphasising that the meeting would allow the national leadership to hear directly from Eba and ensure that established procedures are strictly followed.
The latest NWC intervention comes amid rising factional disputes triggered by reports that some SEC members were informed that "The System" no longer wanted Eba to remain in office. His purported impeachment was dismissed by Eba as unconstitutional and "a joke taken too far."
Party insiders suggest the move also reflects Eba's growing influence within the APC. A key figure in the party's ongoing constitution review, he was personally nominated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the February 2025 NEC meeting. Eba also serves as the National Secretary of the Forum of APC State Chairmen and represents the South-South geopolitical zone in the constitution review committee.
With national intervention now underway, party stakeholders are hopeful that a ceasefire is imminent as the NWC moves to enforce order and guide the chapter toward reconciliation.
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