The member representing Ogoja/Yala federal constituency, Rt.Hon Jarigbe Agom has taken a swipe at his detractors for daring to claim that Gov Ayade made him. The lawmaker who aired his views on his verified Facebook page stated that he had been in politics long before the governor and only got to know him in 2006 when he vied for the House Of Representatives seat and the governor vied for the Senatorial seat which they both lost.
Jarigbe further stated that he was ar the forefront of the agitation for a northerner to be made governor and he worked for Ayade for both his senate and governorship elections without ever asking for any favour.
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I have heard some people say, Gov Ayade made me. For those that have been around, we all know that it’s a lie from the pit of hell. I got in to politics, when there was no name like that in the politics of Cross River State. I heard of him in 2006, when I took a shot at the House of Reps Seat and he came to run for the Senate. We both did not succeed.
BEFORE YOU MISREPRESENT THE FACTS:
In 2011, I was to run for the House of Reps again but Gov Imoke asked me to support late Sen Rose Oko and I did. I was given an assignment to Coordinate the Presidential Election for President Goodluck Jonathan,which I took up and delivered, while Gov Ayade was given a ticket to go to the Senate. We all worked for him. While in the Senate, I never visited or asked for any favors.
He came to vie for the Seat of Governor in 2015 and I was in the forefront of his Campaigns, even when the establishment had not taken a decision on the likely Successor. Nobody saw that, as moving against the establishment at the time. Why did I support him? I was in the forefront of the agitation for Governorship moving to the North and he was the highest political office holder from the zone. Today, I am the highest political office holder from the Constituency and I cant vie for the Senate Seat because the Governor does not like my face. You guys should revert to a Military Regime and I will see reasons with your dictatorial approach.
I came to the National Assembly, with the support of Gov Liyel Imoke in 2015. He did not conscript me to vie but when I came out and he saw the momentum and support, he gave his own support. I am not among those who were spoon fed. I have always stayed with my people and held my own.
In 2019, when I was to vie for a Second Term, Gov Ayade was ready to throw me out but for the intervention of God.
The question for tale bearers is- Where is this your story of Gov Ayade making me, from? Is it a figment of your food-on- the- table imagination? Let’s be factual please!
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