The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won 10 out of the 18 local government councils’ polls.
This is the result in the first set of result announced yesterday by Chairman of Cross River State Electoral Commission(CROSIEC) Dr Mike Ushie as results from 8 council areas were still being expected.
PDP also won 107 councillorship seats out of 196, leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC) and three other political parties that contested with no seat so far.
On the chairmanship position, the PDP won in Calabar Municipality, Bakassi, Akpabuyo, Akamkpa, Etung and Calabar South, Ikom, Obubra, Odukpani and Yakurr in landslide.
Results from Biase, Abi, Boki, Ogoja, Obudu, Yala, Obanlikwu and Bekwarra council areas were still being expected as at press time.
The CROSIEC chairman, speaking before announcing the result, debunked insinuations from some quarters that the entire results were written and compiled by the electoral umpire, insisting that CROSIEC had done its best to conduct…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
