How Barrister Edjua’s 1997 MP mandate was stolen

The current validation of the mandates of MP’s-elect brings to mind a curious mishap during a similar exercise in 1997 when Barrister Andrew Edjua (RIP), on the CPDM ballot for Akwaya, was denied entry into the National Assembly premises and his mandate offered to another son of Akwaya. That year, the ruling CPDM had invested Edjua alongside two other candidates for Eyumojock and Mamfe/Upper Banyang on the three-candidate Manyu list and the sample ballots already printed and circulated. Along the line, another sample ballot was seen in circulation bearing the name of someone else, Christopher Kububu (RIP), as candidate for…