In my estimation, Jarigbe Agom has battled for the senatorial seat of Cross River North from a position of advantage. He has been the candidate to beat; the one that has nothing to lose, in the context that his seat as member of the House of Representatives has always been there for him if he
By Archibong Jeremiah The tussle of who replaces late Sen. Rose Oko as Senator representing Cross River North has taken a sharp turn. The member representing Ogoja/Yala in the House of Representatives, Hon. Jarigbe Agom and SUBEB Chairman, Dr. Stephen Odey have been at loggerhead over who the cap fits. Last week Dr. Stephen Odey
By Jonathan Ugbal Stephen Odey, one of the candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the December 5, 2020 senatorial by-elections in northern Cross River has been presented with a certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The certificate was signed by the acting Chairman of the commission, AVM Ahmad Tijjani
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
I have heard some people say, Governor Ayade made me. For those that have been around, we all know that it is a lie from the pit of hell. I got in to politics, when there was no name like that in the politics of Cross River State. I heard of him in 2006, when
By Jonathan Ugbal Mr. Charles Onwe, a supporter of Agom Jarigbe, a leading aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party in the October 31, 2020 bye-election for the office of the Senator Representing Cross North district has died after a fracas with supporters of Governor Benedict Ayade. The incident occurred at the residence of the Commissioner
By Gabriel Ewepu, Vanguard Newspaper Youth under the auspices of Northern Cross River Youth Coalition, NCRYC, Friday, threw weight behind Hon. Jarigbe Agom, ahead of the Cross River Northern Senatorial bye-election in Cross River State. This was made known in a statement signed by the National Coordinator, NCRYC, Michael Emaluji, while reeling out impact and
By Judex Okoro, Daily Sun Newspaper Kidnapping has returned in full swing to Cross River State as about three persons have been kidnapped in the last three weeks even as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. The victims include Egbede Jarigbe, younger brother of a member of the House of Representatives, an aluminium dealer at Eight Miles, Justin Ekere, and