By Aplefe Ojong An embarrassing and extremely suffocating level of voter apathy characterized yesterday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Cross River State. Some of the Presiding Officers and Collation Officers who spoke with CrossRiverWatch, but pleaded anonymity for security reasons revealed that there was an extremely low turn out of voters in this
By CrossRiverWatch admin Yesterday during the state governorship and State House of Assembly elections, two boxes containing thumb printed ballot papers, results sheets and other materials in Alomonye polling unit number 006 in Nyanya ward and in polling unit number 007 in Ibiaragidi-Iye in Ibiaragidi ward all of Bekwarra Local Government Area, Cross River State
By Aplefe Ojong One person has been confirmed dead this morning at Mkpani, the home town of the former governor of Cross River State, Chief Clement D. Ebri. CrossRiverWatch authoritatively gathered that the victim, one Roland was shot death by security personnel while attempting to scale the walls of Chief Clement Ebri’s house where election
A strong, vibrant and robust democracy anywhere in the world is a product of so many factors including a virile system of checks and balances among the three arms of government, an electoral system that pays zero tolerance to elections malpractices/violence, but gives premium to free, fair and credible elections, thereby recognizing and sustaining the
By Aplefe Ojong Inspired by the outcome of the March 28 presidential elections which saw the emergence of its candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari as President-Elect,the All Progressives Congress[APC] in Cross River state has been involved in last minute push to clinch the governorship polls billed for April 11. Last weekend the party held a motorcade
By CrossRiverWatch admin Senator Ben Ayade, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship flag bearer in tomorrow’s election in Cross River State, maintained a consistent lead uptill the last count of the CrossRiverWatch governorship opinion poll which ended last night with Ayade garnering 56% of the total votes casted by our readers. His closest opponent, the
By Our Correspondent The residents of Atekong community in Calabar have vowed not to vote in tomorrow’s governorship and House of Assembly election. Some of the residents who spoke with CrossRiverWatch decried the total darkness that the residents have endured for over six months without electricity supply. They complained bitterly that despite the fact that
By Okwo Kerry and Archibong Jeremiah The wind of change turning round the Country after the Presidential Election won by the Candidate the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari has hit Cross River state with the decamping of a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State and a one time Nigerian