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  • We Must Reclaim Cross River State – Barr Ekpo Ada, Gershom Bassey DG

    We Must Reclaim Cross River State – Barr Ekpo Ada, Gershom Bassey DG

     

    The Director General of the Senator Gershom Bassey Campaign Organization (Team-Gersh), Barr Ekpo Asuquo Ada has reteriated the need to reclaim and restore Cross River State.

    Barr. Ada made this known on July 21st, 2022 during a welcome rally in his honour at the Caterpillar Movement Campaign Secretariat, #143 Ndidem Usang Iso Road, Calabar Cross River State.

    Welcoming Barr Ekpo Asuquo, the DG Caterpillar Movement, Chief Joe Obi Bisong the leader of Team Gersh on behalf of his principal drew the attention of the supporters to the supremacy of the party as he said, “As party men and women we ‘re conversant with the tone that the party is supreme. The political journey is a journey that you start alone and as you grow you continue to gather more people to join you. If you’re not well behaved, those around you will continue to leave until you get to your destination alone”.

    Chief Joe Obi further explored the harmonious relationship that existed between Barr Ekpo and himself and maintain that “We started this journey for the search of the governor of our state together with my brother and bossom friend, Barr Ekpo Ada. Chief Gershom Bassey appointed him DG, while Senator Onor appointed me DG. All through the period of campaigns, we never had disagreement because we believe politics is the people and politics is interest. At the end of the primaries we made frantic efforts as brothers and friends and as colleagues which brought us to this position. We spoke extensively with Senator Gershom Bassey and his team, we had several meetings. Let me state on record that Senator Gershom Bassey gave us a deputy governor and today, the big fish has arrived”.

    He assured Barr Ekpo Ada of equal stake as DG in the quest to reclaim Cross River State. “On behalf of our principal and candidate of our great party, Dist Senator Prof Sandy Ojang Onor, I welcome you and be rest assured you have equal stake and equal stand as DG because you’re a good DG”.

    Responding, Barr Ada charged his supporters to work for the success of the PDP in order to be relevant and likened politics to the game of soccer when he said: “In this business it is like a football Match. If you’re not in the field to play constantly you would loose your form. We must take the scene. We must support Prof. Sandy Onor and Lady Emana Duke. We must reclaim Cross River State.”

    The legal luminary further outlined his expectations when he said: “All we ask from our candidate is good governance. A government that is all inclusive, a government that would not have refuse all over the streets, government that would not be full of lies, government that would not deceive our people that we have projects that are nowhere to be found. A government that won’t be geo-ethnically nepotic”.

    He concluded by saying, “I ‘ve been working very closely with the DG Caterpillar Movement. He’s my brother, he’s my friend, he’s my colleague, we were councillors together. And let me tell all of you, I had the course to sit with Senator Prof. Sandy Onor, I told him clearly that my people of the south we’re still watching to see what he would do. The fact that he has called me, as small as I am and he picked up his phone and called me and said let us have a chat and I sat with him, there’s a lot that I ‘ve seen. It’s not about your brother. Sometimes your brother can be on the street. All of us are from the south and we know what we have passed through in the south. Let’s stand up and work. PDP must win!”

    Caterpillar Movement Media

     

  • Jarigbe arrives Cross River North Amidst Fanfare, Restates Commitment To Good Governance, Inspects Ongoing Mini Stadium And Recreational Centre Projects

    Jarigbe arrives Cross River North Amidst Fanfare, Restates Commitment To Good Governance, Inspects Ongoing Mini Stadium And Recreational Centre Projects

     

    The Senator Representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Distinguished Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, today arrived Cross River North Senatorial District to a resounding carnival-like welcome by party faithfuls, leaders, supporters, and constituents.

    The lawmaker who was visiting the Senatorial District for the first time after the conduct of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Primary elections, met a crowd of thousands of supporters from the Senatorial District.

    The lawmaker proceeded to the construction site of the Mini-stadium and Recreational Centre, where he inspected the ongoing projects alongside other candidates of the Party. He also interacted with the site Engineers where he was assured the projects will be completed within 6-week and handed over to the People for use.

    While addressing supporters, Sen. Jarigbe thanked the party faithfuls for the reception and their support so far for the party.

    “I want to thank you all for the continuous support for PDP and the warm welcome”

    “PDP na our own, we will continue to support party members especially those that rejected Food on the table and stood by the Party.

    “The next governorship election in our state will be decided by Cross River North because no party has performed more than PDP in the senatorial district”

    “On my part, I’ll continue to empower you, influence projects, support those in business, I’m not interested in acquisition of wealth meant for everyone”

    Some dignitaries present include; members of PDP State exco, Barr. Godwin offiono (Ogoja/Yala Rep candidate), Barr. Dorncklaimz Enamhe DG Sen. Jarigbe 2023 campaign Organization, Hon(Chief), Rita Ayim(Ogoja state Constituency candidate), Dr Paul Ebiala Esq(Yala 1 state Constituency candidate), Dr. Martin Achadu( Yala 11 state Constituency candidate), Rt.Hon Mom Olom, Emma Odidi (PDP Chapter Chairman Ogoja), Hon. David Obule(PDP Chapter Chairman Bekwarra), Hon. Egar Mgbantul, Pst John Naku, Gospel Agom, and thousands of supporters.

    TEAM JARI MEDIA

     

     

  • I See A Heavy Defeat Staring At The Cross River APC In The Next General Election Unless Something Drastic Is Done To Heal The Wounds Inflicted On Party Stakeholders – Obono Obla

    I See A Heavy Defeat Staring At The Cross River APC In The Next General Election Unless Something Drastic Is Done To Heal The Wounds Inflicted On Party Stakeholders – Obono Obla

    DO THE GODS WANT TO DESTROY CROSS RIVER APC?:

    By Okoi Obono-obla

    The cross-river state leadership of the APC is in shambles.
    The leadership is grossly biased and discriminatory against members of the legacy parties in the APC in the State (defunct CPC, ACN, and ANPP that amalgamated in 2013 to form APC).

    The agenda of the leadership is to perpetuate the interest and hegemony of defectors from the PDP that joined the APC in 2021.

    This trend manifested clearly in the manner the leadership manipulated primaries for the nomination of candidates to fly the party flag in the next general election.
    During the compilation of the names of delegates, the leadership ensure that only those that joined the party in 2021 were selected.

    The selection of delegates constitutes an abuse of the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022; which stipulates that delegates shall be democratically elected.
    The leadership continued to tinker with the list of delegates to the extent that aspirants (other than the ones from the 2021 defectors) knew the electors even right to the day of the primaries.

    The APC in Cross River is presently rudderless and purposeless.

    How does the leadership except for the unity of purpose, direction, discipline, and cohesion that a political party going into an election is required to have even show manifest bias against a tendency within its rank and file?

    I see a heavy defeat staring at the party in the next general election unless something drastic is done to heal the wounds inflicted on party stakeholders, leaders, and members alike.

  • Re: We Must Send Him On Early Retirement From Politics

    Re: We Must Send Him On Early Retirement From Politics<< Senator Sandy Ojang Onor And His Supporters To Senator Gershom Bassey.

     

    The attention of the Caterpillar Movement has been drawn to a malicious, perfidious and self-concocted opinion from one Citizen Ekanem Essien, in which he claimed that he was present when the trio of Sen Sandy Onor, Sen Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe and Mr Venatius Ikem listed notables like Gershom Bassey, His Excellency, Barr Efiok Cobham, Amb Nkoyo Toyo and Rt Hon Daniel Asuquo, for retirement from active politics.

    Ordinarily, we would not have responded to this cheap spurious fabrication borne out of frustration resulting from the inability of its author to acquiesce defeat. But, ignoring him completely may send a wrong message to some quarters. While we acknowledge the role of propaganda in politics, as theorized by Machiavelli, it is important that sociopathic beguilers like Citizen Ekanem Essien should know that they cannot successfully play on the sensibilities of our people, definitely not when it involves a reputable personality like Senator Sandy Onor.

    We understand how painful it is for Citizen Ekanem Essien that despite his countless defamatory claims about our Principal, including the lie of purchasing two Intent forms for different positions, he still won the primaries election with a comfortable lead. Ekanem Essien has left no one in doubt that Senator Sandy Onor’s emergence as PDP Gubernatorial Candidate for 2023 election and the calm that has since followed the victory is both shocking and traumatising to him. He is adviced to accept this reality so that he could live at peace with himself and his neighbours.

    While we recognize his right to mobilize support for his preferred candidate, he has no right to interlope with falsehoods in the affairs of a colossus like Senator Sandy Onor.

    Sen Sandy Onor all through his public service is known for building bridges across ethnic, religious and gender lines. He believes in the principle of collective individualism, anchored on interconnectivity.

    We want to use this opportunity to invite all lovers of Cross River State to join us as we begin the journey to reclaim the state.

    Cross River State is safe with Sen Sandy Onor!

    Caterpillar Movement Media

  • As It Stands Now, APC Is Fractured Beyond Redemption; Let Us See How The Annoited Aspirants Will Deliver The Party In Cross River State – Obla

    As It Stands Now, APC Is Fractured Beyond Redemption; Let Us See How The Annoited Aspirants Will Deliver The Party In Cross River State – Obla

    A frontline senatorial aspirant of the All Progressive Congress APC, and founding member who served as Secretary of the merger committee of the party, Chief Okoi Obono Obla Esq, has stated that the APC in Cross River State is fractured beyond redemption due to the imposition of candidates during the selection process.

    Chief Obla reacted to the just concluded APC primaries election held at Ikom Local Government Area, the central senatorial headquarters, on his Facebook page.

    The statement in full “The APC Senatorial Congress for the nomination of the candidate of the Central senatorial district of Cross River State held in Ikom on 28 May 2022, was a charade.

    T”election was marred by voting buying perpetuated by desperate aspirants in front of security agents.

    A” except the anointed one) did not know who would be the electors at the election until they got to the polling station.
    It was not surprising that altered and doctored delegate lists by the powers that be to support the “anointed aspirant“.
    Some of us know before voting that the election would be a sham.

    “Every politically informed person was aware that a particular aspirant was the favorite of the powers that be. The brandishing of the name of one particular as the favored one weeks before the election amounts to intimidation.

    “The potentate makes sure that you must have his endorsement before you can aspire to become a candidate.

    “Aspirants that did not have the endorsement of the potentate, had sorts of obstacles thrown along their paths.

    I”was the target from day one.
    The powers that be were at a crossroads on what to do with me and therefore devised crude and inferior methods to edge me out.
    The APC has completed deviated from the philosophy of its founding fathers.

    “Let us see how the anointed aspirants will deliver the Party in the Cross River State. As it stands the Party, is fractured beyond redemption”.

  • Sen Jarigbe Agom Does Not Need Introduction, His Works Speaks For Him And Tells The Story – Emmanuel Adariku

    Sen Jarigbe Agom Does Not Need Introduction, His Works Speaks For Him And Tells The Story – Emmanuel Adariku

    By Elijah Ugani

    A social commentator and Political Analyst, Mr Emmanuel Adariku has posited that the senator representing Cross River Northern Senatorial District, Sen Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, does not need any form of introduction as his works speaks for him and tell his story so eloquently that people get naturally attracted to him.

    Mr Adariku disclosed this to TheLumimeNews today at Ogoja while unveiling the campaign billboards produce to give publicity to the reelection bid of the senator.

    In his words “Sen Jarigbe Agom doesn’t need introduction, his works speaks for him and tells the story so eloquently that people get naturally attracted to him”.

    Adariku stressed that “the senator has long showcased his leadership acumen when he was appointed (youngest) Coordinator for Johnathan Campaign Council.

    “As the then member who represented Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency, he facilitated the installation of solar panels at Abuochiche, Bekwarra Local Government in Obudu/Bekwarra/Obanliku Federal Constituency.

    “On assumption of office as Senator, he has longclong the process to electrify Bekwarra Local Government which has been in darkness for over seven years. He also renovated a Primary School in Kutiang in Obudu Local Government Area.

    “Sen Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe is a man with special grace. Wherever you go, people who don’t know him, speaks good of him”

    Mr Adariku who hails from Beten ward in Bekwarra Local Government Area, stressed that t”first ward in Bekwarra Local Government Area that has been unflinching in their support for the very distinguished Sen Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, is Beten ward”.

    He vowed to mobilize total support for the reelection of the Sen Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, with the production of billboards to be mounted at the ward secretariat and other strategic places in Bekwarra.

  • Chris Agara Reacts To Orok Otu Duke’s Threat, Says Governor’s Word Or Preferences Can Not Become Law Unto All

    Chris Agara Reacts To Orok Otu Duke’s Threat, Says Governor’s Word Or Preferences Can Not Become Law Unto All

    PRESS STATEMENT ON THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST CHIEF (BAR) CHRIS AGARA BY OROK OTU DUKE

    1. The attention of Chief (Bar) Chris Agara Campaign Organisation has been drawn to a comedy strip in which Honourable Orok Otu Duke is the stand up comedian. In the video Duke laboured to ridicule the disclaimer by our team in respect of the phantom consensus Governorship agreement in Abuja. While he succeeded in making his audience laugh he also made a very serious commitment to violence against those who refuse to accept the Consensus Option.

    2. We recognise the obvious threat to the life of Chief Chris Agara and his followers advocated in the video to the loud applause of the men sitting in the room, including the state Governor, and will take very profound measures to protect our Principal and ourselves throughout the period of electioneering. While he humoured Governor Ben Ayade in the same video for making Chief Chris Agara rich during his Governorship, our Principal who God has already generously blessed long before 2015 will make an appropriate response to this matter himself at the right time.

    3. One of the profound tenets of liberal democracy is the right to disagree with a decision that one feels differently about within the framework of the law. That is precisely what Chief ( Bar) Chris Agara has done. Governor Ben Ayade himself recently said openly in his interview with Channels Television that while he wishes that the Governorship returns to the South “I cannot play God and force everyone to agree with me”. We will like to remind the pseudo democrats in the room that Section 84 (9) of the Electoral Act, 2022 provides that consensus may be used after cleared aspirants have emerged. Also, the written consent of the aspirant must be extracted before any consensus would be said to have been arrived at. Cleared aspirants who must have bought the nomination form and gone through due clearance are the ones who can enter into consensus agreements not pretenders to the Crown at Peregrino Hall.

    4. Democratic civil rule does not confer the status of a monarch or potentate on the Governor or President for that matter, and therefore the Governor’s word or preferences cannot become law unto all. We have chosen to disagree with the Consensus Option and are fully prepared for the Governorship race of Cross River State at this time, no matter the number of comedy strips, threats of violence and all types of intimidation that we may come against in the course of prosecuting our legitimate aspiration.

    SIGNED
    BAR. RICHARD OGBECHE
    DIRECTOR GENERAL.

  • Chris Agara Dissociates From The APC Consensus Candidature, Describes The Meeting As Merely A Talk Shop Amidst Good Food And Vintage Liquor

    Chris Agara Dissociates From The APC Consensus Candidature, Describes The Meeting As Merely A Talk Shop Amidst Good Food And Vintage Liquor

    WE ARE NOT PART OF THE SO – CALLED ‘CONSENSUS’ APC CANDIDATURE

    The Chris Agara Campaign Organisation wishes to state very clearly as follows:

    1. That we are legitimate members of the All Progressives Party (APC), who have always respected and will continue to respect the lawful decisions of the Party and all is organs at all levels.

    2. That we recognise the leadership of the Party in the state by His Excellency, the Governor, Professor Ben Ayade and have been and will continue to be loyal to his leadership.

    3. We wish to state very clearly that such respect and loyalty should however be mutual since the leadership of the Party and the Governor are as important to the members as the members should be important to them.

    4. That our Principal was invited to the meeting which took place on Monday, May 9th at the Transcorp Hotel, in Abuja to discuss the report of the Seven – Man Committee earlier set up by the Party and not to agree on any consensus.

    5. That right there on the floor of the meeting when the matter came up, Chief (Bar) Chris Agara clearly expressed his reservations about the Consensus Option and declined to go along with it.

    6. That Chief (Bar) Chris Agara went further to point out the grave disrespect to some Governorship aspirants that the obvious ambush meeting entailed, by inviting them to a meeting for a specific purpose and then turning around to do something else.

    7. The Chris Agara Campaign Organisation will like to point out to His Excellency the Governor and the leadership of our great Party that while the Electoral Act allows the option of Consensus, it also prescribes that such agreements shall be in writing and shall be endorsed by all relevant parties concerned.

    8. To the best of our knowledge the meeting at Transcorp of the May 9th instant was merely a talk shop amidst good food and vintage liquor and should not be accorded any further importance beyond what it truly was.

    9. The Chris Agara Campaign Organisation assures its teeming supporters that Chief ( Bar) Chris Agara remains committed and competitive in the race and is prepared to pursue his Governorship aspiration to its logical conclusion.

    SIGNED
    BAR. RICHARD OGBECHE
    DIRECTOR – GENERAL

  • Ayade’s Chief Of Staff, Hon Martin Orim Obtains APC Northern Senatorial Form

    Ayade’s Chief Of Staff, Hon Martin Orim Obtains APC Northern Senatorial Form

    The Chief of Staff to the Cross River State Governor, Hon Martin Orim has today, May 5th, 2022 obtained the All Progressive Congress APC nomination form to contest the Cross River Northern Senatorial District election.

    Hon Martin Orim becomes the first person to pick the form to challenge the incumbent, Sen Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe.

     

  • Chris Agara Campaign Council Urges APC To Conduct The Affairs Of The Party With The Most Excellent Intentions To Ensure Just And Fair Process

    Chris Agara Campaign Council Urges APC To Conduct The Affairs Of The Party With The Most Excellent Intentions To Ensure Just And Fair Process

    05/05/2022

    The Honourable State Chairman
    All Progressives Congress
    Murtala Mohammed Highway
    Calabar

    Dear Honourable Chairman,

    A NECESSARY WORD OF CAUTION AT THIS CRITICAL POINT.

    We at the CHRIS AGARA CAMPAIGN ORGANISATION wish to make our humble contributions to the ongoing conversation about the modalities for electing (or chosing) a Governorship Candidate for our great party in the runnup to the general elections of 2023 as follows.

    1. That we understand that State Executive Committee of the Party as moderated by the State Caucus of the Party is the highest decision making organ of the Party in our dear state.

    2. That we recognise that the powers exercised by these bodies should also be guided at all times by the Electoral Act (as amended) and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

    3. Taking due cognisance of all the above therefore, we wish to encourage the Party to take only the decisions that will help in providing a level playing ground for all aspirants to the office of Governor in order to avoid unnecessary disputation as a result of the conduct of its affairs and the Primaries elections at this critical time.

    4. It is our humble view at the CHRIS AGARA CAMPAIGN ORGANISATION that the Party should be cognisant of the fact that whereas the Party and its organs have the legitimate responsibility to conduct the Primaries of the Governorship race without let or hindrance, the participants also reserve the right to protect themselves and their rights within the ambit of the law.

    5. We urge the Party to take serious notice of the fact that our Principal, CHIEF ( BARR.) CHRIS AGARA could not be present at the Aspirants Meeting of April 26th instance as a result of logistics challenges and was not allowed to be represented.

    6. That having not been at that meeting and having been denied representation, CHIEF (BARR.) CHRIS AGARA could not be bound by any decision or agreements thereof and will not subject himself to same.

    7. We urge the leaders of our great Party to strive always to conduct the affairs of the Party with the most excellent intentions to ensure just and fair processes that would allow the legitimate emergence of a capable, popular and responsible Candidate for our dear Party even as we prepare to face up to the expected bullish challenge of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

    8. While we remain loyal to and respectful of all legitimate authorities appertaining to the forthcoming exercise, we are also fully prepared to protect ourselves against any decisions or acts that may appear calculated to subvert the rules of the contest in favour of one or the other Candidate.

    Respectfully Yours,

    Richard Ogbeche Esq.
    DG, CHRIS AGARA CAMPAIGN ORGANISATION.