The Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade has been defeated in Saturday’s National Assembly election in the State.
The incumbent Senator representing the Northern Senatorial District of the state in the National Assembly, Sen Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe was re-elected.
Senator Jarigbe who contested under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, garnered 76,145 to defeat governor Ben Ayade of the All Progressives Congress who polled 56, 595 votes in the exercise.
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The results was announced by the returning officer, Dr. Emmanuel Emanghe in the early hours of Monday.
Dr. Emmanuel thanked stakeholders for their peaceful conduct before, during and after the election.
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