The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the incumbent Governor of Cross River State, Prof Ben Ayade is not eligible to run for Senate in the 2023 general elections.
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for AKwa-Ibom State, Mike Igini, disclosed made when he featured on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme.
According to him, the APC ought to have at least notified INEC 21 days before conducting her primary as stipulated in the electoral act 2022, and before conducting her re-run but the memo was only served on the 6th and the election was conducted on the 13th of July, which is against the commission’s guidelines.