By Our Correspondent CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered that Odey Ochicha, the Cross River State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in last Saturday’s elections has called the winner Senator Ben Ayade of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to congratulate him. During the telephone call which was said to have been made at 11:20am
By Our Correspondent PDP governorship candidate in Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly election in Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has been declared governor elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Ayade defeated his APC opponent, Odey Ochicha and Labor Party Candidate, Fidelis Ugbo with a landslide victory after the final collation of
By Our Correspondent The People of Bakassi in the riverine part of Cross River State say the successful and peaceful conduct of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections was a reflection of their desire to embrace change and demand for their resettlement by the next government. Led by Senator Florence Ita Giwa, the Bakassi
By Our Correspondent The gubernatorial candidate of the Labor Party in Cross River State, Fidelis Ugbo has assured his supporters that he will not decamp to the All Progressives Congress but instead will form a formidable ally with the party as a progressive. Ugbo stated this in his Obanlikwu country home while addressing his supporters
By Aplefe Ojong An embarrassing and extremely suffocating level of voter apathy characterized yesterday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Cross River State. Some of the Presiding Officers and Collation Officers who spoke with CrossRiverWatch, but pleaded anonymity for security reasons revealed that there was an extremely low turn out of voters in this
By CrossRiverWatch admin Yesterday during the state governorship and State House of Assembly elections, two boxes containing thumb printed ballot papers, results sheets and other materials in Alomonye polling unit number 006 in Nyanya ward and in polling unit number 007 in Ibiaragidi-Iye in Ibiaragidi ward all of Bekwarra Local Government Area, Cross River State
By Aplefe Ojong One person has been confirmed dead this morning at Mkpani, the home town of the former governor of Cross River State, Chief Clement D. Ebri. CrossRiverWatch authoritatively gathered that the victim, one Roland was shot death by security personnel while attempting to scale the walls of Chief Clement Ebri’s house where election
By Aplefe Ojong Inspired by the outcome of the March 28 presidential elections which saw the emergence of its candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari as President-Elect,the All Progressives Congress[APC] in Cross River state has been involved in last minute push to clinch the governorship polls billed for April 11. Last weekend the party held a motorcade