BREAKING: Jubilation as 3rd APC Governor, Otu, Secures Victory at Supreme Court
- The Supreme Court has affirmed the victory of Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River in the March 18 governorship election
- Otu again defeated the PDP as the Supreme Court affirmed the concurrent judgments of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court
- The Cross Rivers will be the third APC governor who secures victory at the Supreme Court after Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi states
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Calabar, Cross River - The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River has secured a significant victory in the suit seeking to sack him as governor of the South-South state.
In a judgment on Friday, January 12, the Supreme Court dismissed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appeal seeking to sack the APC governor, The Nation reported.
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Supreme Court dismisses PDP's petition against Governor Otu
Reading the lead judgment, Justice Helen Ogunwumiju held that the PDP, in its appeal, failed to prove its case.
The judge then proceeded to validate the judgments of the election tribunal and the Court of Appeal, which earlier affirmed Otu's victory in the March election.
The judgment on the controversies surrounding the election of Governor Otu was one of the key verdicts that the apex court would deliver on Friday.
Earlier on Thursday, January 11, the court disclosed that it would deliver judgments on eight governorship election appeals filed before it.
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Otu's victory on Friday will be the third of its kind for the ruling APC. Earlier, two governors of the ruling party, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos and Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi, secured their victory in the election.
In the two states, the court dismissed the petitions filed by the PDP and the Labour Party to challenge the success of the governors at the Court of Appeal and the governorship election tribunals in their states.
Supreme Court delivers judgements in Kano, Plateau, Lagos, four others today
Legit.ng earlier reported that the Supreme Court had fixed Friday, December 12, to deliver its judgments on the appeals in different governorship election disputes in seven states.
The affected states are Lagos, Kano, Plateau, Zamfara, Bauchi, Cross River, and Ebonyi.
It was learned that the notices of the pending judgments have been sent to the concerned parties.
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