By CrossRIverWatch Admin Report has it that electorates are now being enticed to sell their votes not just for money but also for bottles of beer and soft drinks. Our correspondents across the State report tha, political parties are rewarding voters with a bottle of beer and a thousand naira for voting for their various
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The CrossRiverWatch correspondent in Abi reports that INEC staff were attacked and sensitive materials meant for election in Afafanyi/Igoni Igoni area of Abi Local Government have been submerged in the River. The Independent National Electoral Commission which is electoral umpire is yet to issue a statement on this but a member of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the Saturday’s Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections, describing the exercise and turnout as both peaceful and massive respectively. Ayade accompanied by his wife, Linda, arrived Kakum Town Hall, Ipong polling unit, Obudu with registration area code CR/09 at
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As voting continues across Cross River State, our correspondent reports that in polling unit 007 – Apostolic Primary school Ijiman, Ugep Yakurr local government area, many electorates are waiting to be paid before they vote. An aide to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Guber candidate and incumbent, Senator Ben Ayade, Mrs. Nneoyi
By CrossRiverWatch Admin 2019 Elections: Election Begins In 18 Local Government Areas In Cross River State. Accreditation and voting is said to have begun in some wards and polling units across the 18 LGA of Cross River State to elect Governor and House of Assembly Members. Few hours into the election a Party Agent of
The 2019 Presidential and National Assembly election has come and gone, Saturday 9th March 2019, comes the Gubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly elections. This process once again avail citizens the opportunity to participate in the democratic technique of choosing those who they feel are capable of representing them in executive and legislative positions in
By Aplefe Ojong Barely 48 hours after the adoption of Cross River State governor, Senatoe Ben Ayade by the 18 chapter Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the state Chairman of the party, Chief Ikpi Eni, has affirmed that the party has indeed adopted the governor as its candidate in Saturday’s election. According to
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