By Jonathan Ugbal A former federal lawmaker and Cross River State Central Senatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 general elections, Honorable Bassey Eko Ewa on Tuesday told the Calabar division of the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu that he never left the party as insinuated by
By Jonathan Ugbal Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie of the Calabar Division of the Federal High Court has reserved November 24, 2022, to deliver judgment on a suit by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and its Cross River guber candidate, Senator Sandy Onoh seeking the disqualification of the guber and deputy guber candidates of the All
By Jonathan Ugbal Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie who presides over Court 2 in the Calabar Division of the Federal High Court on Monday adjourned to tomorrow, the hearing of a suit that seeks to disqualify the gubernatorial and deputy gubernatorial candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State from participating in the
By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu on Monday dismissed a suit seeking the replacement of Senator Bassey Otu with Senator John Owan-Enoh as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the 2023 general elections. Senator Owan-Enoh on June 8, 2022, filed an
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper The Cross River State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Johnson Alalibo, on Friday, said the State had received the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System for use in the 2023 general elections. Alalibo also said other non-sensitive materials, like the voting cubicles, were expected to be delivered to the State. The Head of
By Patrick Obia The Appeal Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State capital has reaffirmed former Attorney-General of the State, Attah Ochinke Esq. as the authentic candidate of Ikom/Boki federal constituency for the 2023 elections under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A legal practitioner, Barrister First Baba Isa disclosed this on his Facebook handle stating
By Jonathan Ugbal And Patrick Obia The Senator representing the Northern Senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Jarigbe Agom has charged supporters and the people of Cross River North to elect all the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates in the district and State. The lawmaker made the charge while addressing a crowd of supporters
By Anietie Akpan, Guardian Newspaper Former Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, Okoi Obono-Obla, has called on Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to stay clear of Cross River State’s politics. Recall that Wike, on Wednesday night, hosted Cross River State Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidates for State and National Assembly elections and donated 25