BREAKING: APC Panel Disqualifies Top Governorship Candidate
- APC screening panel has disqualified Rivers State Governor Ben Ayade’s anointed successor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu
- The panel headed by DIG Suleiman Fakai disqualified Otu following several petitions written against him
- The petition that led to his disqualification was regarding his certificate and record of past conviction
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The screening committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disqualified Bassey Otu from contesting in the party’s governorship primary for Cross River.
In a document on its resolutions, the panel said Otu’s disqualification followed his inability to provide proof of his educational qualifications.
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Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River, had endorsed Otu as the governorship candidate for the APC in the forthcoming primary.
Group alleges moves by fake petitioners with unverified addresses to stop APC governorship candidate
In another development, a civil society organisation has alleged moves by some individuals to frustrate the efforts being invested into the political career of Senator Bassey Otu, a 2023 governorship aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress.
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The director-general, Nwambu Gabriel, the Global Centre for Conscious Living Against Corruption (GCCLAC), said that some political jobbers using fictitious identities are trying everything possible to stop Otu's candidacy ahead of the Cross River governorship election.
Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, May 19, Gabriel said a petition addressed to the state screening committee of the APC in Cross River state claimed that Senator Otu had been convicted of fraud. Gabriel noted that petition dated May 14, 2022, and signed by one Bala Dakum alleged that Otu committed the crime while working with his former employer, Mercantile Bank of Nigeria Plc.
2023: Suspense as APC orders aspirants to sign withdrawal letter
Meanwhile, there is a ‘Letter of Withdrawal’ attached to the APC's expression of interest and nomination forms for aspirants to fill.
The aspirants are expected to submit the letter alongside other forms and credentials was generating controversy in the party.
The said withdrawal letter was addressed to Abdulahi Adamu, the national chairman of the APC, and should be signed by a commissioner of oath/public notary before submission.
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