By CrossRiverWatch Admin Reports reaching the our Election Situation Room (ESR) suggests that voting has ended in some polling units across Cross River State. Below are some of the results announced at the polling units; Odukpani LGA Okpok Ikpa community: House of Assembly PDP 57 APC 29 Governorship PDP 53 APC 35 Calabar South LGA
By Grace Orok and Favor Attih The Chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Cross River State chapter, Lawrence Ekwok has said that the low turnout of voters in the ongoing Gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections was predictable and expected. The PFN Chairman who has just re-elected for a second term made
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
By Efa Sunday: Government House Correspondent Ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election, Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade’s support base received a boost with his endorsement on Tuesday by the leaderships of Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Labour Party (LP) in the State. The two parties said their adoption of the Governor is predicated on