Governor Ben Ayade of Cross Rivers State has lost his senatorial bid in the Northern Senatorial District of the State to the incumbent, Sen Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Senator Jarigbe polled 76,145 to defeat governor Ben Ayade who amassed 56, 595 votes.
Declaring Sen. Jarigbe the winner of the Senatorial election in the early hours of Monday, 27th, 2023, the returning officer, Dr. Emmanuel Emanghe who spoke on behalf of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC commended stakeholders for their peaceful conduct
Emanghe also commended all security agents for giving the needed security support which invariably led to a successful and credible election.
Meanwhile, in Akwa Ibom, Senator Godswill Akpabio was declared winner of the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial election by INEC
He polled a total of 115,401 votes to defeat Barr. Emmanuel Enoidem of the PDP who scored 69,838 votes
