By George Odok/Calabar
Sen. Bassey Otu, a former lawmaker who represented Cross River South in the National Assembly, has emerged governorship flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Otu scored 811 votes at the party’s governorship primary election, held at the U.J Esuene Stadium in Calabar.
Sen. John Owan-Enoh got 84 votes and Mr Chris Agara, 63 votes.
The exercise, which began after accreditation of voters on Thursday May 26, ended at the early hours of Friday May 27.
The result was announced by the Chairman of the party’s Primary Election Committee, Mr Mohammed Kolo.
NAN reports that other aspirants had earlier withdrawn from the contest.
Chairman of the APC in Cross River, Mr Alphonsus Eba, congratulated Otu on his victory which he described as ‘landslide’.
Also, Amb. Soni Abang, the Director General of Otu’s Campaign Organisation, congratulated the former lawmaker over his emergence as the…
