Bassey Otu&Odey Peter Agbe

September 26, (THEWILL) – The Cross River Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Calabar has upheld the election of Bassey Otu as duly elected Governor of the state. A three-member panel of Justices, led by Justice Joy Oghogho Okeaya-Inneh, dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Sandy Onor. ... The petition marked EPT/CR/GOV/02/2023) has INEC, Otu, his Deputy, Peter Odey, and the APC as the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th respondents, respectively. In ruling on Tuesday, the tribunal held that Governor Otu, along with his Deputy, met the qualifications to run for election and was hence rightfully elected both in the primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the March 18 gubernatorial election in Cross River.

The Cross River State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has, in suit No: EPT/CR/GOV/02/2023, upheld the election of Governor Bassey Otu of All Progressives Congress (APC). The tribunal therefore dismissed the petition brought by the People's Democratic Party (PDP) for lack of merit. The suit was jointly instituted by the People's Democratic Party (PDP) governorship standard bearer, Prof. Sandy Onor, and his party against the election of Senator Bassey Otu and the deputy governor, Rt Hon. Peter Odey of All Progressives Congress (APC). In an unanimous judgement on Tuesday, the Tribunal chairman, Justice Oken Inneh, held that the issues of qualification of Prince Otu and dual citizenship of Rt. Hon. Peter Odey were pre-election matters and therefore status barred.

The Court of Appeal in Lagos, on Wednesday, affirmed the election of Bassey Otu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor of Cross River State. A three-member panel of the court, in its judgement, upheld the decision of the state's Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which had, in September, affirmed Governor Otu's victory at the 18 March polls. ... The court dismissed the appeal for lacking in merit and affirmed Mr Otu and Mr Odey, as the duly elected governor and deputy governor of Cross River State, respectively. ... The tribunal, on 26 September, dismissed the petition and affirmed Mr Otu's victory.

THE Supreme Court has upheld Bassey Otu's election as the Cross River state governor. In its ruling on Friday, January 12, the court declared Otu the winner of the Mach 18, 2023 governorship polls. Supreme Court Justice Helen Ogunwunmiju, who read out the lead judgment, dismissed the appeal filed by Otu's opponent, Sandy Onor. The court described Onor's appeal as "without merit and a waste of judicial time and resources." During the elections held in March, Otu won 15 out of 18 local governments in the state and polled a total of 258,619 votes.

The supreme court has affirmed the election of Bassey Otu as the governor of Cross River state. The apex court on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by Sandy Onor, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Helen Ogunwumiju, who read the lead judgment, held that the "appeal is without merit, a waste of judicial time and resources". ... In September 2023, the tribunal dismissed the petition filed by Onor while the court of appeal in November affirmed the election of Otu as the governor of Cross River.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria's 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike "over their failure to account for the spending of trillions of FAAC allocations collected by their states and the FCT since 1999." ... In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/666/2024 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court, Abuja, SERAP is asking the court to "direct and compel the governors and Mr Wike to publish spending details of the FAAC allocations collected by their states and the FCT since 1999 including the list and locations of projects executed with the money."

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Nigeria's 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nyesom Wike for failing to account for the spending of trillions of FAAC allocations received by their states and the FCT since 1999. ... In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/666/2024 filed last Friday, May 17, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, SERAP sought the court to "direct and compel the governors and Mr. Wike to publish spending details of the FAAC allocations collected by their states and the FCT since 1999 including the list and locations of projects executed with the money."

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria's 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike "over their failure to account for the spending of trillions of FAAC allocations collected by their states and the FCT since 1999." ... In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/666/2024 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court, Abuja, SERAP is asking the court to "direct and compel the governors and Mr Wike to publish spending details of the FAAC allocations collected by their states and the FCT since 1999 including the list and locations of projects executed with the money."

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project SERAP has filed a lawsuit against Cross River Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, his counterparts in the remaining 35 States of the federation and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike "over their failure to account for the spending of trillions of FAAC allocations collected by their states and the FCT since 1999." ... In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/666/2024 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court, Abuja, SERAP is asking the court to "direct and compel the governors and Mr Wike to publish spending details of the FAAC allocations collected by their states and the FCT since 1999 including the list and locations of projects executed with the money."