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Tribunal upholds Benue Gov Alia’s election

Last updated: September 23, 2023 4:45 pm
2 years ago BY DOOFAN AGA
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The Benue State Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi on Saturday upheld the election of Governor Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The tribunal dismissed the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its governorship candidate, Titus Uba, challenging the election held on March 18, for lack of jurisdiction to entertain the matter.

The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Alia the winner of the poll, with 473,933 votes, ahead of his closest rival, Uba, who scored 223,913.

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The chairman of the three-man panel of justices, Justice Ibrahim Karaye, held that the tribunal has no jurisdiction to entertain the petition, as the matters raised before the tribunal are pre-election issues, as captured in Section 285 of the Electoral Act.

(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)

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