By Our Reporters Not too long after accreditation and voting commenced across the 18 Local Government Councils in Cross River State, our reporters have documented attempts to disrupt the election and vote-buying exercise in some polling units. Efforts were made to distort the voting process by a man identified as Ugar in polling unit 001,
By Idris Kamal & Hafsat Muhammed, Wikki Times Barely a week before the presidential and national assembly elections this Saturday, Senator Sa’idu Ahmed Alkali, APC Gombe North, distributed sewing, grinding and noodles-making machines to poor and vulnerable women populations in Dukku, Funakaye and Gombe LGs in an alleged attempt to attract their votes, WikkiTimes’ Idris
By Ben Aro, The Whistler Some politicians attempt to influence voting ahead of the 2023 general elections in many ways. They include asking voters to submit their Permanent Voters’ Cards, bank accounts, bank verification numbers, and even photographs. Against this background, the Catholic Diocese of Nsukka, under its Justice, Development and Peace Commission, recently kick-started
By Jonathan Ugbal – Ogoja, Monday Ogar – Yala, Patrick Obia and Sylvia Akpan – Akpabuyo Massive vote-buying has been witnessed at Ward 6, polling 002, Ekpri Obio Abakpa, Bakassi LGA, there is massive vote-buying by APC party Agents where they pay voters N500 to vote for the party. Meanwhile, in the process of sharing
By Archibong Jeremiah – Managing Editor, Jonathan Ugbal – News Editor, Patrick Obia – Reporter, Kelvin Ololo – Reporter and Marylyn Uyanah – Reporter At Ward 4, unit 17 in Calabar Municipality Local Government Area, it is operation vote and get five hundred naira as it is in Ward 1, unit 14, same Local Government, with
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As reported earlier, video has emerged of PDP agents dishing out N500 to those that have evidence of voting PDP at Ward 2 polling unit, Ikot Effiong Otop, St. Matthew Secondary School, Okoyong Odukpani L.G.A of Cross River State. In Okpok Ikpa community, also Odukpani the All Progressive Congress is giving out N1,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Report reaching our situation room has it that some agents of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have been spotted at Ward 2 polling unit, Ikot Effiong Otop, St. Matthew Secondary School, Okoyong Odukpani L.G.A of Cross River State with the sum of N150, 000 to give out to as many people that