By Archibong Jeremiah Following a report recently published captioned “Cross River Lawmaker Urges Federal Government To Establish Bakassi Rehabilitation Commission” a Cross Riverian, Mr. Richard Duke wrote a reply. Except of his response, “I don’t believe in blaming politicians in my social change crusades but when politicians keep on blaming themselves I look carefully because
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A lawmaker in the Cross River House of Assembly, Dr. Ekpo Ekpo-Bassey, has called on the Federal Government to establish the Bakassi Rehabilitation Commission in a bid to properly alleviate the plight of the Bakassi returnees. Ekpo-Bassey, who represents Bakassi State Constituency, told The Nation Newspaper in Calabar on Sunday that the
By David Nsa and Margaret John Some Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) of Bakassi Local Government Area have appealed to the Cross River State Government to revisit the judgment which led to the ceding of the Peninsula to Cameroon, the 76 oil wells reallocated to Akwa Ibom State as well as disenfranchisement by INEC. They made
By CrossRiverWatch Admin An unidentified policeman was killed in Bakassi local government area of Cross River State by suspected militants last Friday. Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the incident on Monday, said an investigation has been launched into the matter. She said the policeman was at his duty post when suspected
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Theatre Command Special Court Martial sitting in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, has dismissed a soldier from service for defiling a 14 years old Internally Displaced Person (IDP) female. Major General Yakubu Auta, President of the Court, gave the name of the accused officer as Flight Lieutenant Martins Owerrem. The charges
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Hon. Essien Ayi (PDP) has been returned to the House of Representatives to represent Calabar South/Bakassi/Akpabuyo for the 5th time. According to result announced by the Returning Officer, Prof Ojua Takim, Ayi defeated Dominic Aqua with a total vote of 25, 707 while his APC counterpart scored 18, 946 votes.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It has been confirmed that results from Etung LGA has been cancelled as virtually all polling units didn’t use card readers and the result According to the Returning Officer, Prof. Chris Chukura while briefing the State Collation Center Team in Calabar said violence erupted which resulted to cancellation of the election. He
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Our correspondent has just reported that a team of INEC staff, observers and security personnel are stranded on the high sea on their way to Bakassi to conduct election. According to one of those stranded who pleads anonymity, “We have been stranded here for over four hours, we have called our headquarters