By Patrick Obia Sen. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe has just been sworn in as Senator of Cross River North. President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday, 15 September swore him as a replacement for Sen. Stephen Odey. The both have been locked in a protracted court battle. See pictures below:
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A sociopolitical group with the name, Ogoja/yala Amalgated Political Forum (OYAPF) has called on Chief Henry Igelle Onwe, to contest the Yala/Ogoja House of Representatives seat recently made vacant with the Appeal Court ruling in favour of its occupant, Hon. Jarigbe Agom to assume Cross River North Senate seat. A statement made
By Nurudeen Lawal, Legit.Ng The Election Petitions Tribunal (EPT) sitting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, has upheld the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Stephen Odey, in the Cross River North Senatorial District by-election. ThisDay reported that the three-man panel of the tribunal delivered its ruling on Friday, June 18. The panel led by
By Chuks Okocha, ThisDay Newspaper In line with the directives of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party’s National Reconciliation and Strategy Committee headed by the former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, yesterday night met with the National Assembly caucus from Cross River State. The objective of the
By Ushang Ewa The campaign to rescue and repair Court 2 of the Ogoja magisterial division says two lawmakers have pledged NGN1.75 million for the repair of a Magistrate Court in Ogoja, northern Cross River that was allocated by the State to a lawmaker to build his personal house. “Federal lawmaker, Jarigbe Agom and State
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Watch Alphonsus Ogar Eba and Firsts Baba Isa on Deji360 as they make sense of the issues around the Cross River North Senatorial seat. Watch on CrossRiverWatch TV below.
…Wants his opponent, Stephen Odey stopped from attending plenary By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja, Vanguard Newspaper Member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe has expressed confidence in Senate President, Ahmed Lawan to comply with the recent judgment of the Supreme Court and inaugurate him as the Senator-Elect for Cross River North Senatorial District. Speaking
Now, that I have read the full majority decision of the Supreme Court and the full minority decision of the Supreme Court, I make these comments. Jarigbe Agom has claimed several times that his battle is of the Lord, I’m beginning to see that. There is no way to explain what happened at the Supreme