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#CRSDecides2023: Complete Governorship Election Result From Cross River State

By Our Reporters The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has completed the guber election result collation in Cross River State. The State Returning Officer is Prof. Teddy Charles Adias. Below are the results for 18 LGAs in Cross River: Obanliku (10 wards) Registered Voters ……… 54,536 Accredited voters ………21,209 AA……… 2 AAC ……… ADC ………

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#CRSDecides2023: Winners Of The House Of Assembly Elections

By Our Reporters Our reporters across the 18 Local Government Areas have compiled the following results of the concluded March 18, 2023 House of Assembly elections in Cross River.  Below are the winners declared by Independent National Electoral Commission across the 25 State Constituencies.  Abi Davies Etta (APC) Akamkpa 1 Okon Owuna (APC) Akamkpa 2

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#CRSDecides2023: EFCC Arrest 4 In Calabar Allegedly Buying Votes

By Our Reporters The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arrested no fewer than 65 persons on Saturday, March 18, 2023, across the 28 states where Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections were conducted, for alleged voter inducement. Four out of the 65 persons were arrested in the capital Cross River State, Calabar.  The

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#CRSDecides2023: How Thugs Attacked INEC Ogoja Office, Disrupt Collation

By Our Reporters Thugs suspected to be loyal to the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday morning disrupted the collation of results at the Area Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ogoja Local Government Area. The collation of results from the Registration Areas for the State Assembly and Gubernatorial polls commenced at

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#CRSDecides2023: Collation Commences At Ogoja Local Government Area Center 

By Our Reporters Collation has commenced in Ogoja LGA collation center, the State Constituency Collation officer is Mr. Timothy Ogbang Ellah.  The Local Government Collation officer for the Gubernatorial elections is Prof. John Undie. The Electoral Officer insists that only the Local Government agents of political parties can be present with the press and security.

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FACT-CHECK: Picture Of Boy Who Committed Suicide Unrelated To 2023 Elections

By Ogar Monday Claim: A Twitter user alleged that a 19-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging due to Peter Obi losing the presidential election to Bola Tinubu. Verdict: False. The image had been available on the internet since before the elections. Full Text A suicide photo of a young man has surfaced on social media

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#CRSDecides2023: INEC Move Collation Of Governorship, State Assembly Results To Sunday 5pm

By Our Reporters The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Cross River State has moved the collation of the 2023 governorship and state house of assembly election result to Sunday 19 March 2023 by 5 p.m. The cause of the move at that time cannot be ascertained if it is to enable local government Collation Officers

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#CRSDecides2023: Violence Recorded In Bakassi, Odukpani, Ugep, Obudu LGAs

By Our Reporters During the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Cross River State, violence was recorded in some polling units. An INEC official whose name is yet to be verified was attacked in Bakassi, he is currently hospitalized. In Odukpani, also in the Southern Senatorial District, 5 Police officers and 4 NSCDC officers

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