The Cross River North senatorial locale is in the eye of the tempest. The old Ogoja region made of five neighborhood government territories of Ogoja, Yala, Bekwarra, Obudu and Obanliku once noted for its political misconception and rich social legacy has been transformed into another political theater.
By and by, the Northern senatorial locale involves a vital situation in power condition in Cross River. The zone is directly the force base since it marches the most impressive political workplaces in the state including the officeholder Governor, Prof Ben Ayade (PDP), the Minister of State for Power, Chief Goddy Jeddy Agba (APC) and Prof Zana Akpagu, the Vice-Chancellor, all from Obudu neighborhood government region.
However, all is by all accounts self-destructing in the zone as the traditions of authority progression and rich political societies deserted by their establishing fathers have all become a relic of past times. In its place, the new age of pioneers have turned to political deceptions, exceptional brutality, scorn discourse and champ brings home all the glory.
The new age's unbridled journey for political power and hold on condition has tossed over the edge all known standards of popularity based principles. The food-on-the-table brand of legislative issues, which is like late Adedibu's 'Amala governmental issues', has tossed the zone into a battlefield as seen in the gatherings' primaries held at Ogoja, the senatorial base camp as of late.
PDP, APC primaries in a ruins
Nonetheless, Thursday, September 3 and 5 would stay a political gooney bird for government officials in the Northern senatorial area. It was seven days that APC and PDP held their primaries separately and four applicants rose to assume control over the empty pined for senatorial seat following the passing of Sen Rose Oko.
In APC, two outcomes were reported as Prof Zana Akpagu and Joe Agi, SAN, are laying cases to the ticket and demanding that they are the valid champs of the September 3 essential.
In the outcomes reported by Mr Lazarus Undie, the Senatorial Returning Officer for the gathering, Akpagu scored 75, 490 votes to crush four different contenders for the APC ticket. As per him, the nearest competitor in the race, Mr Joe Agi, SAN, surveyed 12, 813 votes, while Harry Odey got 2, 039 votes and Mr Fidel Egoro scored 27, 000 votes while Mr Odey Ochicha got 1, 612 votes.
Undie while reporting the outcome said Akpagu who surveyed the most elevated votes in the challenge has become the banner conveyor of the APC in the political race booked for October 31. He stated: "In light of what we have proclaimed here, we express that Professor Zana Akpagu having scored the most elevated number of votes in this challenge is the champ of the APC Senatorial essential political race," including that the outcome was reported within the sight of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, agent, Mr Asuquo Afia who watched the direct of the political race and Atsu Liberty Zonal Organizing Secretary of the gathering.
Likewise declaring Joe Agi, SAN, victor in a similar essential political decision, the Chairman of APC Electoral Committee for Cross River North senatorial by-political race 2020, Alh Suleiman Nakowa in organization of the Secretary, Jenkins Gwede, scored 113, 229 votes, Prof Zana Akpagu surveyed 8, 635 votes, Harry Odey surveyed 2, 708, Odey Ochicha Anthony surveyed 5, 838 and Fidelis Egoro scored 2, 151 votes.
As per Nakowa, "Agi having won the most elevated number of votes and having been pronounced the champ of the gathering essential will be the leading figure of All Progressives Congress in the inevitable by-political decision."
In the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, it is similar grotesque move as two personages are ready for a standoff. The five-man Electoral Committee for Cross River North Senatorial bye-Election was forcefully separated over the issue of representatives' rundown prompting misconception among them. Resulting upon this, two competitors Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe and Dr Steve Odey have risen.
Announcing Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe as the bona fide victor of the September 5 PDP essential in a report marked by Messers Ibok Esu and Kenneth Zota (all individuals from the Electoral Committee) and submitted to the National Organizing Secretary and got by our reporter, the Electoral Committee for Cross River North Senatorial Bye-Election, expressed that Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe scored 381 votes, Dr Stephen Adi Odey 71 votes, Dr mary Iji 25 votes, Mrs Martina Odom 18 votes and Lukpata Ogana 12 votes.
The board individuals stated: "Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, being the competitor with the most elevated number of legitimate votes cast was proclaimed victor", including that the essential political decision was directed utilizing the genuine agent list gave to the advisory group by the National Secretariat of the gathering and authorized by Court similarly as it was seen by INEC authorities.
Similarly submitting report on the result of the PDP essential, the director of the constituent board, Olorogun Taleb Tebite, announced the previous administrator of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr Stephen Odey, as the victor of the gathering's ticket.
Tebite said Odey surveyed 450 votes to overcome his nearest opponent and individual from the House of Representatives, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, who gathered 90 votes, portraying the cycle as tranquil and precise.
As indicated by him, INEC official, Mr. Amula Timotheus, who watched the primaries, communicated fulfillment with the activity and included that the activity was led in accordance with INEC rules.
Responses trail development
While some political eyewitnesses portrayed the APC essential hung on Thursday, September 3, as "political light theft", others depicted PDP's own hung on Saturday, September 5, as "Rambo-section five-style-of-political decision" as it was described by all remnants of a war circumstance. Furthermore, while APC's essential was a presentation of the most noteworthy political mind and affirmed administration connivance, PDP's was a showcase of political brigandage and an instance of the state versus the individuals.
Notwithstanding, a more critical glance at the two primaries indicated that it was generally a force tussle among the Obudu-conceived political weighty weigths as spoken to by Governor Ben Ayade, Chief Goddy Jeddy Agba, officeholder Minister of Power for State, Prof Zana Akpagu, Vice Chancellor, UNICAL, and Venatius Ikem, previous National Publicity Secretary and Special Adviser to President.
While Ayade is pulling for Dr Steve Odey, from Yala, for Senate, Ikem is plotting for the chairmanship position of PDP, and a kick the bucket in-the-fleece supporter of Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, from Ogoja, for Senate.
In APC, Agba, the Minister, is supposed to be decidedly behind Joe Agi's rise as he is against another Obudu child, Zana, securing the senate seat in October 31 bye-political race. Agba and Zana, both in APC, are political adversaries as Agba is forcefully restricted to Zana's senatorial aspiration and rather set up shelter with Joe Agi, SAN from Yala.
It was found out that the battle for endurance is being exacerbated by the journey to control the different structures of the gatherings in front of 2023 as both Ayade and Agba are to some degree repositioning their political structures so as not to be immaterial in future political change.
Hailing the development of Dr Steve Odey at PDP essential, the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) comprised of 21 ideological groups and an individual from House of Representatives, Legor Idagbo, in their different celebratory messages portrayed Odey's triumph as an impression of the people groups resolute trust in his capacity to speak to them in the Senate.
In a letter marked by Sunday Michael and Castro Ezema, State administrator and Publicity Secretary separately, they stated: "The choice of the representatives to choose you as the PDP applicant from among other recognized wannabes is a declaration of how all over you counseled, further to this, picking a Yala child in consistence with the mandate of the CNPP to all ideological groups shows the responsibility of your gathering in bringing balance, value, decency and equity"
The umbrella group of resistance ideological groups additionally recognized the representatives and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC observing group "for complying with the standards".
On his part, Idagbo, who is Chairman, House Committee on Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring, expressed that Odey's rise as applicant of the PDP was an impression of the desire of the individuals through the agents of the gathering in the Northern Senatorial area.
Lauding the constituent panel for working pair with the bona fide representatives' rundown and Court request, prompting the development of Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, the Coordinator of Movement for the Restoration of Cross River PDP (MFTROCR), Raymond Takon, stated: "The game for the Senate is warming up and getting intriguing. All the gathering needs right now is to met up as one family and set forward their best foot, which is Jarigbe, in light of the fact that APC is looking out for the wings to devour our errors.
"We encourage all partners to drop their boxing gloves and line behind Jaribge on the grounds that as right now, he is the most well known government official in the North who can stand the trial of time. We watched the essential political race, and anyone who saw it would realize that with Jarigbe, triumph is certain. Anything shy of that would cost us the seat."
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