Politics
The PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, under the leadership of its Grand Patron, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, inaugurated its Cross River State chapter in Calabar on Monday, November 9, 2026.
The event featured the presentation of 25 campaign vehicles and campaign materials to support the movement’s operations across the state’s local government areas, wards and polling units.
Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, represented by his deputy, Dr. Peter Odey, announced the state’s ambition to deliver at least 1.5 million votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.
According to the governor, the additional logistics provided by the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement had strengthened the state’s campaign capacity and increased its projected electoral target from one million to 1.5 million votes.
Tompolo, represented by the Managing Director of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, High Chief Kestin Ebimorbowei Pondi, described the initiative as part of the movement’s nationwide efforts to establish campaign structures at the grassroots.
He also highlighted the Tinubu administration’s economic reforms, student loan programme and increased federal allocations to states.
The governor’s representative cited the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and the proposed Bakassi Deep Sea Port among the infrastructure developments considered important to Cross River’s economic future.
The National Coordinator of the movement, Comrade Sunday Adekanbi Asuku, also addressed the gathering, while the Cross River APC Chairman, Sony Etta, expressed confidence in the party’s preparations for the 2027 elections.
The inauguration was attended by prominent political stakeholders, including the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly and Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of Nigeria, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Dennis Guwor.
The Calabar event formed part of the movement’s wider nationwide campaign programme, which also saw the deployment of 25 vehicles to Enugu State on the same day.
