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The Gubernatorial Candidate of the PDP and Senator representing Cross River Central Senatorial District, Senator Prof Sandy Ojang Onor has described Bendeghe-Ekiem Community as the foremost community in Etung land.
He stated this on Saturday, August 13th, 2022 during the Commissioning of the Bendeghe-Ekiem Town Hall, Bendeghe, Etung LGA, Cross River State.
His words “I am glad to be here today. Bendeghe-Ekiem Community is the foremost community in Etung land. It has always been so. As a historian, I ‘ve always had cause to speak it because I ‘ve read about it from Archival Documents. Deu Haust (1923) stated clearly that there were two big communities in Etung; the biggest, the largest is Bendeghe-Ekiem on this side and Nchofang on the other side.”
Speaking on behalf of the Bendeghe-Ekiem Community, the Town Council Chairman, Mr Obi Ndoma Tawo maintained that: “We the people of Bendeghe-Ekiem are delighted and ecstatic to welcome you in our midst today. We say so with all sincerity, because we know you shelved your crowded schedules to honour our Invitation even within a very short notice. Today, there is a new down in Bendeghe-Ekiem and you are part of the dawn. We pray for your unlimited success in this dispensation because you’re the only Original Caterpillar. We appreciate you once more and making us to believe that there are good days ahead.”
High point of the event was dance session from Bendeghe-Ekiem Prize Band and mass defection from the APC to the PDP notable amongst them is the Cocoa Association of Nigerian (CAN) Chairman, Bendeghe-Ekiem Chapter.
The event was attended by the senator and members of his entourage, traditional rulers, youth as well as women leaders and villagers, etc.
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