Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has been officially declared winner of the APC governorship primaries held across the state on Thursday.
The Chairman of the Cross River APC Primary Election Committee, Samuel Yarnap, announced the result at the party’s state secretariat in Calabar on Friday.
Mr Yarnap said Mr Otu, who was unopposed, polled a total of 116,038 votes across 196 wards in 18 local government areas.
He commended party faithful for peaceful conduct of governorship, National Assembly and state constituency primaries across the state.
“I am not surprised the primaries were peaceful, as it was the same during the congresses.
