Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court Calabar division, has declared Sen. Bassey Otu as the authentic governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State.
Sen.John Owan Enoh had in a suit approached the Federal High Court, Calabar, seeking to disqualify Senator Bassey Otu as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Cross River State.
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Giving judgement on Monday, Justice Ijeoma in her ruling, said that a candidate contesting for the position of governor on Nigeria must be a Nigerian, meet the stipulated age requirement and have basic qualification according to the 1999 constitution as amended.
She said the matter of determination of governorship candidate of a political party “is and still remains the right of a political party”.
The pronouncement may have put to rest months of speculations and the alleged divisions in the Cross River APC as the Party prepares for the 2023 campaigns.
Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie
