PDP Wins All 18 LGA’s in Cross River Election

by crossriverwatch admin

Sir Patrick Otu, Chairman, Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC announcing the LG election results Sunday in Calabar

The ruling People’s Democratic Party PDP has again won all the 18 Chairmanship and 196 Councilorship seats in Saturday’s one party contest local council elections which held across the State.

Announcing the results yesterday in Calabar, Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, Sir Patrick Otu said results for twelve local governments were ready while the other six councils were still being collated.

The ruling party which was the only party that fielded candidates for the Chairmanship post won unopposed in all the local councils announced.

In Abi, the Governors local government, the PDP candidate won with 41,773 votes while in Akamkpa, Joseph Asuquo won with 48,185 votes.

In Akpabuyo, Patrick Ene-Okon won with 30,013, in Bakassi, Edisua Usong was also declared winner as well as the PDP flag bearer in Bekwara, Mr. Ushie Onyi.

In Biase, the PDP also won with 49,509 votes and in Calabar South Local Government the party won 43,082 to win the chairmanship.

The ruling party flag bearers in Etung, Ikom, Obubra, Odukpani, Ogoja were also declared winners in their respective councils.

All the councilorship seats in the various council areas were also won by the PDP.

APGA, PPA and NCP, all defunct parties also had councilorship candidates in six political wards across the state.

CrossRiverWatch gathered from a source in CROSIEC that the remaining results are not different from the ones that have being announced.

“We only want to get the figures right. It was a PDP contest, so you don’t expect anything other than a PDP victory in the remaining ones. It was more of an affirmation for the ruling party.” The source said.

It will be recalled that the state electoral umpire, CROSIEC disqualified the main opposition party, All Progressives Congress, APC from contesting the election on grounds of not meeting the provisions of the State Electoral Act.

APC dragged CROSIEC to Court and the matter is still subjudice.

- by: JOHN
- 11 years ago
the was no election in this state,it was selection and thumbprinting. i have evidences of thumbprinting in my ward.
- by: pius
- 11 years ago
D recently concluded selected party thumb printing, shld not b discribe as election, d exercise was not needful, bcos it war only pdp candidates dat were selected, dey cld ve gone staight 2 swearing in, instead of dat double-thumb-printing called elections.
- by: Michael Achoda
- 11 years ago
That was not an election it was a selection.ha ha ha
- by: Okache Kenneth
- 11 years ago
Congratulations to all PDP candidate we have made it again
- by: kc bless
- 11 years ago
pdp remember the evil men do lives with and their generation yet unborn.
- by: Emmanuel ejukwa aboh
- 11 years ago
Congrat 2 all those who won @ de recent election
- by: Frank
- 11 years ago
Only PDP candidates were eligible for ‘the selection’ because they met the minimum requirements.
PDP is ‘an old man’, unlike the new generation parties.
- by: MBEKAP PEACE
- 11 years ago
All pdp surporters crosc & inec remenber evil will follow any one who surport evil. that is why the state is backward coz the right thing has neaver been done at the right time. what good has ever come out of pdp. people deceiving people.am not among is only inec & crosc that will be deceived.
- by: Assam Ayuk Effa
- 11 years ago
I believe in my heart that God allowed King Saul to rule because there was David. The throne cannot be empty….. The David our state might be this new leader of today. Please let’s support them and allowed them to proof themselves
- by: Assam Ayuk Effa
- 11 years ago
I believe in my heart that God allowed King Saul to rule because there was no David then . The throne cannot be empty….. The David of our state might be this new leader of today. Please let’s support them and allowed them to proof themselves