APC’s Otu wins Cross Rivers governorship election

Senator Bassey Otu has been declared winner of the Rivers State governorship election which was conducted on March 18, 2023.

He won 15 out of 18 Local Government Councils in the State.

While announcing his victory in Calabar on Monday, the Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Teddy Adies, said Otu of the All Progressives Congress, APC scored 258,619 votes against the People’s Democratic Party, PDP’s Sandy Onor who garnered 179,636 votes while the Labour Party garnered 5,957 votes.

According to him, the total number of registered voters was 1,766,466, accredited voters 466,294, valid votes 451,933, and void votes 8,923.

“Eleven political parties participated in this election and for the results to get to us here at the state level, it had to pass through the Polling Units, the Ward Collation Centres and the collation centre at the the Local Government Levels.

“Otu of the APC after satisfying the requirement of the law has been returned elected,” the Returning Officer said.