By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard Newspaper The Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Calabar has affirmed the election of Senator representing Cross River North in the National Assembly, Sen. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe The three-man tribunal headed by Justice M. A. Sambo in a unanimous decision upheld the election of Senator Jarigbe of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.
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 Jonathan Ugbal The Acting Chief Judge of the High Court of Cross River State, Justice Maurice Eneji has written Governor Ben Ayade seeking over N150 million to finance the activities of the Local Government Council Elections Tribunal. The State has been without the third tier of Government since December 2016 and January 2017 for
By Ushang Ewa Akon Ikpeme, the Cross River State High Court Judge allegedly involved in scandalous money for judgment saga with Senator Daniel ‘Dino’ Melaye is seeking soft landing after she authenticated the audiotape of her conversation with the legislator which was published last week. The audiotape contains the voices of Justice Ikpeme and Senator
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State Election Petition Tribunal yesterday dismissed all the cases it had at its disposal calling them “mere academic exercise” giving victory to all the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidates in the tribunal. The cases were between Dr Alex Egobona of Labor Party (LP) and Mr. Bassey Ewa of PDP,
By CrossRiverWatch admin Justice O. A. Adeniyi has emerged as the new Chairman of the Cross River State National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Calabar. This followed last week’s application by the counsel for the Peoples Democratic Party respondents, Mr. Paul Erokoro, that the erstwhile chairman, Justice C. Awubra, was constitutionally not