SUPPORTERS WELCOME GOV. BEN AYADE WITH COFFIN!

Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade was
welcomed at the Margaret Ekpo International
Airport, Calabar on Friday with a solidarity
rally by a large crowd following his return
from Abuja.
Some of his supporters carried a coffin with
the name of former gubernatorial aspirant,
Barrister Joe Agi, who is currently at the
Supreme court with Governor Ayade for
allegedly falsifying his age in the nomination
forms purchased for the gubernatorial
primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in the run up to the 2015 general
elections which Ayade won.
Bearing the coffin crested with “R.I.P Joe,
the men chanted the governor’s name in a
local song.
Governor Ayade had won the case filed by Agi
at the trial court and up to the appeal court
with the governor’s supporters confident of a
smooth victory until counsel to the PDP, N.
Ibegbulam apologized on behalf of the party
to the Supreme Court for fielding Ayade
despite being aware of the discrepancies in
his date of birth.
This upset caused a stir in the polity which
suddenly became heated. The Supreme Court
has reserved December 9, 2016 for
judgement.




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