Bassey Otu, a former senator, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State for the 2023 election.
Otu who represented the Southern Senatorial District, emerged through consensus in an exercise held at the Transcorp Hilton hotel in Abuja on Monday.
The exercise, which involved 17 aspirants, was presided over by Ben Ayade, the state governor.
Others in attendance were the state chairman of the party, Alphonsus Eba, state executives and party stakeholders.
The party’s state Publicity Secretary, Erasmus Ekpang, in a statement, said, “The party expressed its sincere appreciation to the leader of our party, our chairman, all the governorship aspirants, critical stakeholders and members of our great party for arriving at this historic milestone, and looks forward to a robust primary