by crossriverwatch admin A chain of reactions from Cross Riverians have continued to trail the just concluded local council elections in Cross River State. In his reaction to an opinion article by APC Lawyer Barrister Obono Obla on CrossRiverWatch where he accused CROSIEC of having disregard for the Court, the Attorney General and Commissioner of
by crossriverwatch admin Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River on Saturday lauded the peaceful conduct of Saturday’s Local Government elections in the state. He gave the commendation in an interview in Itigidi, Abi Local Government Area, shortly after casting his vote at the Government Primary School. “I feel very good that the elections are generally
by crossriverwatch admin There was palpable tension in Bakassi Local government Area on Saturday following a discovery that some politicians had perfected plans to use the Bakassi returnees for election rigging in Akpabuyo and Bakassi Resettlement Camps. Security Operatives dispatched around the area further confirmed this as heavy armed policemen and Civil Defence men were
by crossriverwatch admin This is not the best moment for members of the Nigerian Union Of Journalists, Cross River state Chapter as five of its members escape death on Saturday while the Union bus was burnt to ashes. The Union led by its Chairman, Comrade Ndoma Akpet, Secretary Nsa Gill and other senior members of
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by crossriverwatch admin The general low turnout of voters that greeted the Saturday local government election has been ascribed to the rumor which made the rounds yesterday that the elections will not hold as scheduled and the fact that only one party, PDP fielded candidates in the council elections. Mr. Efiok Cobham, the State Deputy
by crossriverwatch admin CrossRiverWatch TV today caught PDP agents thumb printing ballot en masse for the ruling party at Unit 1, Hawkins Primary school in Calabar South Local government. This may have been occasioned by the low turnout that characterized the election. After the arrival of the electoral officials, the only people available at the
by crossriverwatch admin The height of the culture of impunity, lawlessness and disregard for the due process which are the corner stones and hall marks of the PDP controlled Government of Cross River State under Liyel Imoke came to the fore today when, the so called Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC in collusion