C’RIVER 2023: Prince OTU emerges as APC consensus Guber Candidate
Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, a leading Gubernatorial aspirant, Senator Prince Bassey Otu has emerged as the consensus candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State.
This was contained in a press statement signed and made available to OurNigeria News, by Mr Erasmus Ekpang the State Publicity Secretary of the Party in Abuja on Tuesday.
Prince Otu is a former Senator representing the Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State.
“His emergence as a Consensus Governorship candidate was the unanimous decision by the 17 Governorship aspirants and Party critical Stakeholders.
The Statement stated that the meeting, which was presided over by the State Governor Prof. Ben Ayade, and in attendance the State Chairman, Barr. Alphonsus Ogar Eba, other Exco members and the 17 Gubernatorial aspirants under the platform of the APC.
“The meeting of the Party which was held at the Transcorp Hilton hotel in Abuja was a congenial Political family meeting which resolved to donate power to Sen. Prince Bassey Otu to fly the flag of the Party as its Gubernatorial candidate.
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 looking forward to a robust Primarie.