PDP Senator, opponent quarrel over primaries

There was some confusion in a hotel in Calabar on Wednesday as the Senator representing Cross River South Senatorial District, Gershom Bassey, almost came to blows with his opponent in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial primary, Ntufam Ekpo Okon.

Members of the party had gathered at the hotel to find out from Chairman of the Cross River State Senatorial Primary Election Committee, Col. Ahmadu Usman (retd), why election materials were not made available for the delegates to cast their votes in the southern senatorial district.

It was gathered that a vehicle brought in one of the members of the Cross River State Senatorial Primary Election Committee to the hotel.

An eyewitness said the party supporters intercepted the driver of the vehicle and the election committee member and discovered some election materials and some colour photocopies.

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Okon, who was present at the scene proceeded to prevailing on Usman in his hotel room to either make the materials available or postpone the conduct of the exercise.

In the evening, Senator Bassey arrived the same room and tempers flared between both contestants.

It took the intervention of security officials to calm the situation.

After heated arguments it was learnt Usman decided to shift the exercise to Thursday.