The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Cross River, Bassey Otu, has been declared the winner of the March 18 poll in the South-South geopolitical zone by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Otu, a former federal lawmaker, received 258,619 votes, defeating Sandy Onor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who received 179,636 votes.
INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof Teddy Charles of the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, declared Otu the winner.
The APC candidate won in 15 of the 18 local government areas declared by the Commission in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State.
APC: 258,619.
PDP: 179,636.
