CROSS RIVER: Will Ayade sustain momentum?

CALABAR- Professor Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River State is an enigma. He is a man of many feathers: a politician, academic, businessman and an environmentalist. He holds a Ph.D and also LLB in Law. His name did not ring a bell in Cross River State politics until 2007 when from the blues he took a shot at the Senate post for the Northern Senatorial district of the state. He pulled so much stunt in the build up to the primaries for that contest which prompted then Governor, Mr Donald Duke to intervene and save Senator Greg Ngaji, occupant of that post at the time from being displaced.

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10-kilometre walk in rememberance of Bruce Mayrock (1949 – 1969)

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