Senator representing Cross River North in the National Assembly, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe says the former Cross River State governor Senator Ben Ayade lied against the Police and Military over his failed Senatorial Bid.
Senator Jarigbe made this known in a statement made available in Calabar.
The statement is titled: Politics of Primitive Acquisition : A Man cannot have 4 years in the Senate and 8 years as Governor, without meaningful achievements and be rewarded with a Senatorial Seat or a Ministerial Position.
Senator Jarigbe also accused the former governor of undermining the development of his constituency, saying he was being distracted from delivering his mandate.
“Everyone knows Ayade was rejected by our People. His rejection affected even the House of Assembly Elections, where his Party only clinched one Seat out of 6 HoA Seats in Cross River North. My Party (PDP) won 4 Seats.
“Is this not enough evidence to show that he was rejected?. He came on TV to shamelessly tell lies against the Police and Military, because they refused to bully the electorates and rig the elections for him.
“The clandestine attempts at compromising Justice and the Mandate of our People will not succeed. The only issue is that, I am being distracted by AYADE’s futile attempts and I cannot concentrate on delivering on the Mandate given by our People.
“The People of Cross River North are suffering indirectly, because of the distractions from Ayade. Resources that should go to our People are being spent to secure the Mandate given to me, by our People. He doesn’t want us to attract Infrastructural Development to our deprived communities,” he said.
Jarigbe also faulted the planned movement of 50 members of his constituency to Calabar to testify against him as well as conscripting INEC.
He said that money made at the expense of service delivery to the common Man haunts for a lifetime and that is his opponent’s the baggage.
