The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC in Cross River state, Sen. Bassey Otu has been declared the winner of the governorship election held last Saturday.

The returning Officer, Prof. Teddy Charles Adias declared Sen. Bassey Otu winner at exactly 3:56 pm on Monday.

Otu who was declared the winner of the election, polled 258, 619 votes to defeat Sen. Sandy Onor of the People’s Democratic party, PDP who scored 179,636.

The governor elect, Sen. Bassey Otu of the APC won 15 Local government areas out of the 18 LGAs while the Prof. Sandy Onor won the remaining three LGAs.