The petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Sandy Onor, against the election of Bassey Otu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was struck out by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Cross River State on Tuesday.
The panel delivered a judgment dismissing the petition due to lack of merit. Onor, the PDP candidate, contested the victory of Otu declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the South-South state’s March 18 poll.
According to the results announced by INEC, Otu received 258,619 votes, while Onor reportedly received 179,636 votes.
Otu, the APC candidate, emerged as the winner in 15 out of the 18 local government areas declared by the commission in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State.
