Bassey Otu has been declared the authentic governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress in Cross River State by the a Federal High Court sitting in Calabar.

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu made the declaration while delivering judgment in a suit in Calabar.

Otu’s rival and an APC governorship aspirant in the state, Owan Enoh, had approach the court after the primary in May, asking that Otu be disqualified as the APC’s governorship candidate for the 2023 general elections.

But ruling on the matter, Ojukwu said, “That a candidate contesting for a 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 determination of a governorship candidate of a political party is, and still remains the right of the political party under which an individual is contesting.