{"id":126292,"date":"2026-03-25T15:35:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=126292"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:35:59","slug":"rejoinder-setting-the-records-straight-obo-movements-baseless-claims-a-scheme-of-political-desperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/rejoinder-setting-the-records-straight-obo-movements-baseless-claims-a-scheme-of-political-desperation\/","title":{"rendered":"REJOINDER: SETTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT: OBO MOVEMENT\u2019S BASELESS CLAIMS, A SCHEME OF POLITICAL DESPERATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our attention has been drawn to a laughable and fallacious publication credited to a faceless group parading itself as the \u201cOBO Movement.\u201d This group, which is nothing more than a poorly disguised front for the failed political duo of Senator Ben Ayade and Hon. Legor Idagbo &#8211; have attempted to peddle a false narrative that the Senate seat for Cross River North Senatorial District is the exclusive preserve of Obudu, Bekwarra, and Obanliku Federal Constituency.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the avoidance of doubt, this is not a zoning issue but a figment of their imagination, bereft of historical antecedents, logic, or popular consensus. These are men who were once handed political opportunities on a platter but chose to betray the trust reposed in them by engaging in primitive accumulation, institutional decay, and utter neglect of the people. Now, having been rejected by the electorate and they seek to crawl back through the back door, cloaking their desperation in primordial sentiments.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let us state clearly: Senator Ben Ayade and Hon. Legor Idagbo are politically unelectable. Their records are damning and undeniable.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>THE FAILED POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hon. Legor Idagbo has enjoyed a lengthy stretch of political patronage serving as Chairman of Bekwarra LGA for five years, Commissioner for Works for several years, and Member of the House of Representatives for eight years. In the 2023 general elections, despite all this, he lost in all ten wards of Bekwarra Local Government Area. His people, who know him best, rejected him without equivocation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senator Ben Ayade, on the other hand, was an incumbent Governor in 2023, yet he lost in 42 out of 51 wards to Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe in the Senate election. This was a man who had earlier served as Senator for four years and was later \u201cspoon-fed\u201d the governorship by Governor Imoke. After eight years of abysmal performance, riddled with infrastructural decay, unpaid salaries, and a legacy of indebtedness, the people rose as one and cast their votes against him.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">These are not leaders; they are liabilities dressed in entitlement. There have nothing to offer, and moreover, you cannot put something upon nothing and expect it to stand (&#8221; Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit&#8221;).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>THE \u201cOBO\u201d FALLACY: A CONVENIENT MYTH<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The claim that the Senate seat belongs to Obudu, Bekwarra, and Obanliku is a self-serving fabrication. Zoning, where it exists, is based on mutual agreement, equity, and history, not on the whims of two political misfits trying to rewrite the rules because they have failed at the game. Any attempt to foist a zonal arrangement without an agreement, and subject to equity and history is, with respect, a blatant violation of the rights of Senator Jarigbe to contest for the senatorial seat as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended, as well as the Electoral Act, 2026, as amended.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">What distinct qualities do Ayade and Legor possess to warrant such presumption? Are they basing it on performance? On integrity? On popular mandate? The people have already spoken, and their verdict was clear: Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe remains the preferred choice of Cross River North.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>DESPERATE TACTICS OF DISTRACTION<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is amusing that those who are now seeking to bribe Paramount Rulers to issue a communiqu\u00e9 asking the Governor to \u201cmove\u201d the Senate seat to their constituency are the same ones accusing Senator Jarigbe of being a \u201cpaymaster.\u201d This is the classic case of a thief crying \u201cthief!\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senator Jarigbe has just joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) and has hit the ground running, working with the party structure, engaging stakeholders, and focusing on grassroots mobilization. Meanwhile, Ayade and Legor are in Abuja, hopping from house to house, seeking political scholarships and validation from those who do not vote in Cross River North. If they are so confident of their popularity, why are they not in the field facing the people? We hereby place on record that any such inducement, if established, constitutes an affront on our electoral and criminal laws,\u00a0 and the appropriate authorities will be duly notified.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Furthermore, the allegation that Senator Jarigbe is a &#8220;paymaster&#8221; is not only defamatory in character but is entirely bereft of particulars, to say the least. We hereby put the OBO Movement and its sponsors on notice that that they bear full legal responsibility for any defamatory publications made against the person and reputation of Senator Jarigbe,\u00a0 and that all available legal remedies remain open and will be vigorously pursued.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>A CHALLENGE TO THE COWARDS<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our message to Ayade and Legor is simple: stop this infantile campaign of calumny and deceit. Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe is not distracted by your hallucinations or your rented press statements. He remains focused on serving his people and strengthening the party.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you consider yourselves men, come to the field and let the people decide. Stop hiding behind faceless groups and paid agents. Stop trying to manipulate traditional institutions to do your bidding. The people of Cross River North are discerning, and they have not forgotten how you squandered your opportunities. Obviously, these men can not give what they do not have. (Nemo Dat Quod Non Habet).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senator Jarigbe has an inalienable right to contest for any office, and your watery arguments about exclusivity will not stand before the will of the people. Society has moved past the era of entitled political failures. The shadows of your abysmal performance are chasing you, and no amount of propaganda can erase your history.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>CONCLUSION<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">We urge the public to disregard the baseless rantings of the OBO Movement and its sponsors. Senator Jarigbe remains focused, undeterred, and fully prepared to meet anyone at the polls. The people are solidly behind him, and the days of political manipulation and mediocrity are over in Cross River North.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brave up as men or step aside.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Signed:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Team Jari Media<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our attention has been drawn to a laughable and fallacious publication credited to a faceless group parading itself as the \u201cOBO Movement.\u201d This group, which is nothing more than a&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-opinions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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