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Court declares Otu as APC Cross River governorship candidate

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Governor Bassey Otu Cross River State.

Senator Bassey Otu

A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has declared Bassey Otu as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Cross River State for the 2023 election.
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Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu made the declaration while delivering judgment in a suit in Calabar.

A member of the APC and governorship aspirant Owan Enoh is Otu’s challenger for the party’s governorship ticket.

He filed a suit seeking Otu’s disqualification as the APC’s governorship candidate for the 2023 general elections.

Justice Ojukwu in her ruling said the matter of determination of a governorship candidate of a political party is, and still remains the right of a political party.
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