By Sylvia Akpan Ahead of the supplementary election holding in the Ogoja/Yala Federal constituency and Akpabuyo State constituency on Saturday, 26th February 2022, Cross River Northern Elders Forum and Amb. Nkoyo Toyo has sued for peace. The Cross River Northern Elders Forum through its Chairman, Senator Musa Unim Adede urged all their brothers and sisters
By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigerian Police Force has deployed no fewer than 6,000 police officers for the February 26, 2022, legislative by-elections in Cross River State. The Ogoja/Yala federal constituency and the Akpabuyo State constituency seats are up for grabs. Nine political parties fielded candidates for the former, while only three nominated candidates for the
By Sylvia Akpan Ahead of the Saturday, February 26, 2022, Ogoja/Yala and Akpabuyo constituencies by-election, Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) have dispatched correspondents to the field. This was contained in a press release by the union, signed by Comrade Darlington Edem and Comrade Archibong Jeremiah, Chairman and Secretary respectively. ACROJ commended INEC “for
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper The Independent National Electoral Commission in Cross River State has trained at least 1,914 ad hoc staff for February 26, 2022, Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency and Akpabuyo State Constituency bye-elections in the State. INEC also outlined guidelines for the elections for the benefit of eligible voters in the elections as contained
By Nsa Gill, The Nation Newspaper An inaugural session to signal the beginning of sitting by the National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, following the by-election that held in Cross River State on December 5, last year, began yesterday in Calabar. The three-man tribunal presided over by Justice Yusuf Ubale Muhammad as
By Alex Enumah, This Day Newspaper A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Wole Olanipekun, has written the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, over alleged mischief of INEC in court cases on the just concluded by-election for Cross River Northern senatorial district. INEC had declared Senator Stephen Odeh of
It is no longer news that the recent Senatorial by-elections in Cross River Northern Senatorial District has degenerated into a fight of court orders and counter court orders! The by-election took place on 5th December, 2020 alongside several other by-elections, but only the one in Cross River State has degenerated into a public spectacle of
By Judex Okoro, The Sun Newspaper The campaign council of Rt. Hon. Jarigbe Agom has rejected outrightly the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) declaration of Stephen Odey as candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and winner of the Saturday’s Cross River North Senatorial by-election. The INEC’s Collation Officer for senatorial by-election, Prof. Ameh Akoh, of