Court Declares Bassey Otu APC Governorship Candidate In Cross River
A Federal High Court in Calabar, on Monday, declared Bassey Otu as the governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State for the forthcoming 2023 election.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, who made the declaration while delivering judgment in a suit in Calabar, held that it remains the right of political parties to determine their governorship candidate.
Recall that Otu’s opposition, who was an APC governorship aspirant in the state, Owan Enoh, had approached the court after the primary earlier in the year to seek the disqualification of Otu as the APC’s governorship candidate.
But the judge, in her ruling, stated, “That a candidate contesting for the position of governor must be a Nigerian, meet the stipulated age requirement and have basic qualification according to the constitution.”
According to her, the matter of determining a governorship candidate of a political party is, and remains, the right of a political party.
The development has finally put to rest months of speculations and division in the Cross River APC as the party prepares for the 2023 campaigns.
