By Jonathan Ugbal The chairman of the People’s Democratic Party in Cross River State, Venatius Ikem has said that his party won the “legitimate vote,” in the February 26th 2022 legislative by-elections for the Ogoja/Yala federal constituency. Mr. Jude Ngaji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared winner of the polls by the returning
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The member elect representing the Ogoja/Yala federal constituency, Jude Ngaji has reacted to his victory at the February 26th 2022, legislative by-elections. He said he wants to be the legislator that listens to his constituents. Ngaji, 48, beat eight other candidates in the by-elections. And, on Sunday, hours after he was declared
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The just-concluded by-election in Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency and Akpabuyo State Constituency recorded irregularities, CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Our newsroom observed that vote-buying was rampant, security agents were compromised, civilians were brutalized and ballot papers were snatched at gunpoint. Watch “#CRSDecides2022 Diary Of Irregularities” below where sporadic shooting, ballot box snatching, vote-buying, and
By Jonathan Ugbal – Ogoja, Monday Ogar – Yala, Patrick Obia and Sylvia Akpan – Akpabuyo Massive vote-buying has been witnessed at Ward 6, polling 002, Ekpri Obio Abakpa, Bakassi LGA, there is massive vote-buying by APC party Agents where they pay voters N500 to vote for the party. Meanwhile, in the process of sharing
By Jonathan Ugbal – Ogoja, Monday Ogar – Yala, Patrick Obia, and Sylvia Akpan – Akpabuyo In what may be seen as a show of sportsmanship, the PDP and APC in Cross River State are both optimistic about the outcome of the Ogoja/Yala federal constituency and Akpabuyo State constituency by-elections. Speaking to journalists in one
By Jonathan Ugbal Political parties fielding candidates for the February 26th 2022, legislative by-elections in Cross River State on Thursday, rounded up their campaigns amidst heavy security presence. Two legislative seats – Ogoja/Yala federal constituency and Akpabuyo State constituency are up for grabs. And, the intense politicking peaked on Thursday when bigwigs of the two
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Pastor Usani Uguru, a former Niger Delta Affairs Minister has slightly escaped an assassination attempt in Calabar. The incident happened today, Friday at his residence in State Housing Estate Calabar, the Cross River State capital while the former Minister was driving to catch his flight to Abuja. The assailants, armed with short
By Ushang Ewa The chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Desmond Akawor says the description of Governor Nyesom Wike as a security threat to Cross River by Alphonsus Eba, the state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was akin to a millipede challenging an elephant. Mr. Eba had on Tuesday