…We shall no longer keep quiet and watch him behave as if he cannot be checked.

Some lawmakers in the Cross River State House of Assembly have spoken against what they alleged to be “one man government” style of Governor Ben Ayade.

Although the two legislators who spoke with reporters pleaded not to be mentioned for strategic reasons, they emphasised that the governor was taking too much for granted.

One of them said: “Gov Ayade is taking critical state decisions alone, without recourse to neither the Assembly nor his deputy, and without even a cabinet in place.

“We shall no longer keep quiet and watch him behave as if he cannot be checked.”

The other legislator added: “He is underrating our powers but we would let him realise that there are three arms of government.”