The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Bassey Otu As the Governor Of Cross River State.
The apex court dismissed the appeal filed by Professor Sandy Onor and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to sack Governor Otu of the APC.
In the lead judgment, Justice Helen Ogunwumiju held that the appellants failed to prove their case.
Justice Ogunwumiju proceeded to affirm the concurrent judgments of the election tribunal and Court of Appeal, which affirmed Otu’s election.
Otu defeated his closest opponent, Senator Onor of the PDP, who polled 179,636 votes, to be proclaimed the winner of the governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The governor who contested under the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored a total of 258,619 votes and won in 15 of the state’s 18 local governments.