Live Update: Cross River State 2019 Governorship Elections

2019 Campaigns have been concluded all over Nigeria, today 9th of March, 2019 residents of Cross River State would elect a new governor who would lead the state for the next four years.

Cross River State has three major contenders. They include the incumbent governor Ben Ayade of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Eyo Ekpo, a former Attorney General under former Governor Donald Duke, for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Senator John Owan-Enoh of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

All Progressives Congress (APC), the major opposition party, has evidently grown stronger in the last two years following the defection of staunch PDP men to the party. This might just be the first time that the APC can truly make real its desire to grab power from the PDP in the state since the return to democracy in 1999.

However, the internal tussle within the APC, with Both Usani Usani and Senator John Owan-Enoh contending over the candidature seem to have impacted negatively on the formidability of the party. INEC had ruled that the APC had no candidate in the state, but last Wednesday the Appeal Court sitting in Calabar overruled INEC’s ruling and reinstated Senator John Owan-Enoh as the authentic APC governorship candidate for the March 9, 2019 governorship election.

Today, as voters troop out to cast their votes in Cross River state, stay glued to Naija News as we would be bringing you live update about the proceedings of the election.

Keep Refreshing this page for the latest update about Cross Rivers State Governorship Election.

8:30 – Accreditation and Voting has commenced

Accreditation and voting commenced at 8:30am.
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Obudu LGA cross river state #CTAOBSERVER2019

— Nwadishi Faith (@faithlyn_7) March 9, 2019

9:00am:

#NigeriaVoteWatch2019 More update from Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. #NigeriaDecides2019 pic.twitter.com/EJ1I4nK5LD

— NTA News (@NTANewsNow) March 9, 2019

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10:00 am: APC Accuse Police attached to Polling unit at Ijom community of allowing PDP voters to vote twice

https://twitter.com/APCNigeria/status/1104310469899284486

10: 35: Election Materials belonging to Inyima Ward have been snatched by Armed Police Officers

LIVE: Election Materials For Inyima Ward Snatched By Armed Police Officers https://t.co/nLlqFDOC4x pic.twitter.com/RDFCUdSDAe

— Moon Ray News (@MoonRayNews) March 9, 2019

11: 30 am: Governor Ben Ayade and his wife Dr. Linda Ayade of Cross River State just voted at their polling unit in Kakum village of Obudu local Government Area.