INEC declares winner of gubernatorial election in another APC-controlled State

The gubernatorial bannerman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross Rivers state, Senator Bassey Otu, has been declared the winner of the 2023 governorship polls in the state.

As reported by Vanguard, Senator Otu was declared the winner on Monday, March 20, by Prof. Teddy Charles Adias, the returning of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Otu who was declared the winner of the election polled 258, 619 votes to defeat Sen. Sandy Onor of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP who scored 179,636.

The governor-elect, Sen. Bassey Otu of the APC won 15 Local government areas out of the 18 LGAs while Prof. Sandy Onor won the remaining three LGAs.