By Our Reporters INEC officials in Yache ward, Yala LGA (Sen. Stephen Odey’s ward) are just arriving at the collation center with results. CrossRiverWatch had reported that they allegedly refused to submit the results at the Yala LGA collation center. Read the earlier report here. The Yala INEC EO, Eme Umo confirmed this to our
By Our Reporters News reaching us has it that Yala APC agents are not available at the collation center – INEC office. Citizen reporters informed CrossRiverWatch that “After voting ended yesterday, INEC officials in Yache ward, Yala LGA, (Sen. Stephen Odey’s Ward), have allegedly refused to return results to the INEC office, till this time.
By Our Reporters The Cross River State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of INEC Prof. Gabriel Yomere has the officials lamenting about logistical challenges are not shortlisted. Speaking to journalists as broadcasted by Hit 95.9 FM, the REC said those engaged by the Commission have been deployed and are at their community of assignment. He said for BVAS
By Adebayo Aare, MAP News The 20,973 personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, who participated in the Osun and Ekiti election received their election assignment allowance on Friday, February 18th 2023. This payment is coming about seven months after the elections had been held. NSCDC deployed 11,226 personnel to provide security
By Bankole Abe, The ICIR The Court of Appeal Abuja Division has dismissed a suit that challenged the emergence of Cross Rivers State Governor Ben Ayade as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Cross River North Senatorial District in the 2023 general elections. The appeal was filed by Cecilia Adams, an aspirant
By Ogar Monday The Cross River State chapter of the Inter-party Advisory Council, IPAC, and the State Government are at loggerheads over the validity or not of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS sent to the State. IPAC alleged that the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, in the State is working towards swaying the elections towards
By Theophilus Adedokun, The ICIR Thirteen of the 18 registered political parties in Nigeria have threatened to withdraw from the 2023 general elections over the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The political parties said they will withdraw from the election if the CBN extends the February 10 deadline for use
By Ogar Monday The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Cross River State has announced plans to conduct mock accreditation with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) so as to ascertain the readiness of the device for the February 25th and March 11th polls. The exercise which will hold in Obudu and Ogoja in the