Plot to compromise justice, mandate of our people will fail -Jarigbe
From Aniekan Aniekan, Calabar
Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, the senator representing Cross River North in the National Assembly says the plot to compromise justice and the mandate of the people of Cross River North Senatorial district will fail.
Senator Jarigbe made this known in a statement made available in Calabar and 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.
He accused the former governor of Cross River State Ben Ayade of creating distractions to him in his drive to bring development to the area and depriving the area of development.
“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 to deliver 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.
“Someone should advise him to apologize to our People, rather than inflict more pain. Where is the Ukelle Road he promised to do before the Elections?
“Why was he chasing the Contractors we sent there away? Wickedness personified. Only the Will of God prevails”, Senator Jarigbe said.
Senator Jarigbe insisted that “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.
“I hear, about fifty (50) of my Constituents from Cross River North have been ferried to Calabar, to appear as Witnesses for Ayade, in the Petition filed by Ayade against me, over the last Cross River North Senatorial Election. I also hear there is a failed attempt at conscripting INEC to give evidence against me.
“I trust INEC on this and they will never act arbitrarily. The problem with people like my Opponent is that, they believe it is possible to get everything in this World if you have acquired some money. Let us not forget that when money is made, at the expense of service delivery to the common Man, it haunts you for a life time. That is the baggage my Opponent has”, Senator Jarigbe said.
