ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has declared Senator Prince Bassey Otu as the authentic Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the 2023 elections.
Senator Owan Enoh, who is also a Governorship aspirant, had gone to court, seeking the disqualification of Senator Otu as the Governorship candidate of the APC.
While delivering judgment in the suit on Monday, Justice Ojukwu said: “A candidate contesting for the position of the governor must be a Nigerian, meet the stipulated age requirement and have basic qualifications according to the constitution.”
She stressed that the matter of determination of the governorship candidate of a political party still remained the right of a political party.
The judgement effectively ends months of anxiety and tension in the State.