The Cross River State Governorship Election has come and gone as Governor Liyel Imoke of the Peoples’ Democratic Party was declared winner of the election by the Returning Officer;Professor James Epoke scoring 455,554 votes and the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the State;Mr.Mike Igini commented on the whole process.
However,it was not all sweet as the indigenes of the Bakassi complained bitterly about their exclusion as they were dissenfranchised which led to a protest but the State Chairman of the PDP; Mr. Ntufan Okpo Okon debunked the claims.
The protest which was led by the former Presidential Adviser on NASS Affairs; Mrs. Forence Ita-Giwa to the Marina Beach in Cross River State where she stated that she does not know why the Bakassi people were dissenfranchised.
Florence Ita-Giwa was on the programme as our presenter;Charles Erukaa had a phone-in interview with her.