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  • Ayade Wins Cross River North Senatorial Primary Rerun

    Ayade Wins Cross River North Senatorial Primary Rerun

    Cross River State governor, Professor Ben Ayade, has emerged candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Cross River North Senatorial District.

    He was elected at a primary election rerun conducted at Ogoja Local Government headquarters where he emerged unopposed.

    The by-election was necessitated by the voluntary withdrawal of Hon. Martin Orim who had won the ticket in the initial exercise held on May 28, 2022.

    The Chairperson of the APC Primary Election Committee for Cross River North, Barrister Sameera Tabo, declared the governor winner with 252 votes.

    The total number of votes cast was 255 while three votes were invalidated.

    According to Sameera, following Orim’s withdrawal, the senatorial by-primary election was to ensure that the party fielded a candidate for Northern Cross River under the provisions of the Electoral Act.

    In his acceptance speech, Ayade expressed gratitude to the delegates for electing him.

    The governor said he is well-equipped for the senate and would bring his wealth of experience to bear in the upper legislative chamber if elected.

  • Court Set To Rule On Cross River North Senatorial Seat Dispute

    Court Set To Rule On Cross River North Senatorial Seat Dispute

    The Court of Appeal in Abuja is set to deliver a ruling on the Cross River North senatorial district by-election dispute between Senator Stephen Odey and Jarigbe Agom.

    Odey had filed the appeal after the Court of Appeal in Calabar invalidated the Certificate of Return issued to him by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the winner of the December 5, 2020, election.

    Through his counsel, Senator Odey has asked the Appeal Court in Abuja to review and set aside the judgement of the Court of Appeal in Calabar, Cross River State made in favour of Jarigbe.

    His counsel, Mubarak Adekilekun, argued that Jarigbe did not participate in all the processes that led to the by-election as required by the law.

    But Jarigbe’s counsel, Emmanuel Ukala, who cited Order 20 Rule 4 of the Procedural Rules of the appeal court argued that the court cannot sit over an appeal in its own judgment.

    In the judgment delivered on July 30, the Calabar Division of the appeal court declared Jarigbe as the duly elected Senator for Cross River North Senatorial District.

    A three-man panel of justices, led by Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme, declared Jarigbe as the lawful candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the poll after hearing the briefs of arguments filed and exchanged by parties in the appeals, as well as the submissions of the counsels representing the appellants and the defendants in the suits.

    It set aside the ruling of the National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal delivered on June 18 which ordered INEC to withdraw the Certificate of Return earlier issued to Jarigbe and issue the same to Odey.

    The court had invalidated the Certificate of Return issued to Senator Odey by INEC and directed the electoral empire to withdraw it.

  • Court declares Jerigbe senator for Cross River North

    Court declares Jerigbe senator for Cross River North

    The Court of Appeal in Calabar has declared Hon. Jerigbe Agom Jerigbe the duly elected Senator for Cross River North.

    It declared him the lawful candidate of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) in the December 5, 2020 By-election for the seat.

    The three-man Appeal Tribunal headed by Hon. Justice Chioma I. Nwosu also invalidated the certificate of return earlier issued to Steven Odey by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC and directed it should be withdrawn.

    Details shortly…