Supreme Court Dethrones Obong of Calabar, Otu V, Orders Fresh Election Bassey Inyang in Calabar The Supreme Court judgement yesterday declared the throne of the Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V, vacant an
The Supreme Court judgement yesterday declared the throne of the Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V, vacant and ordered that a fresh election be conducted for the position
The Supreme Court affirmed the judgement of the Appeal Court which had declared that Otu V was qualified to contest the election for the emergence of a substantive Obong of Calabar. The Appeal Court had set aside the selection process that produced Etubom Ani as candidate, and also set aside the March 31 proclamation of Etubom Abasi Otu as Obong, ordered by the Etuboms’ Conclave of the Palace of the Obong of Calabar, whose mandate it is under Article 5 of Exhibit 1/20, to do so.
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