Fully Reported

The Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade has reportedly abandoned his duty post since the last week of January, without formally informing the House of Assembly and transferring power to his deputy, Professor Ivara Esu. The Governor who opted to be Away Without Official Leave, AWOL, reportedly failed to tell Cross Riverians or transmit a letter to the state House of Assembly to let them know that he was leaving the state and his whereabouts. Instead, his younger brother, Dr Frank Ayade has reportedly been de facto ‘acting governor’, leaving the deputy governor in the cold as he pulls the power strings on behalf of the Governor. PM News reports that a concerned citizen of the state, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla sounded the alarm about this development that has made Ayade’s whereabouts a matter of intense speculation and conjecture in the State. “The Governor did not tell the people if he was proceeding to leave or going for vacation! Section 190 subsection 1 of the Constituti...

The Governor of Cross River State, Governor Ben Ayade has continuously been absence from the country since the last week of January 2016! He did not bother to tell the people of the State where he was travelling to! Till this moment the whereabouts of Governor Ayade has become a matter of intense speculation and conjecture in the State. The Governor did not tell the people if he was proceeding to leave or going for vacation! Section 190 subsection 1 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), stipulates that if the Governor is going on vacation or in the event he otherwise  unable to discharge the functions of his office, he must transmit a written declaration to the Speaker of the House of Assembly to that effect, and until he transmits to the Speaker of the House of Assembly a written declaration to the contrary the Deputy Governor shall perform the functions of the Governor as Acting Governor.  Since Governor Ben Ayade travelled o...