BREAKING: Benue guber: Tribunal upholds Governor Alia’s election

BREAKING: Benue guber: Tribunal upholds Governor Alia’s election

 The Benue State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal
sitting in Makurdi, the state capital, has 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 in the March 18 poll,
Titus Uba, challenging Alia’s victory.

 

The three-man panel of justices, led by Justice Ibrahim
Karaye, held that the tribunal had no jurisdiction to entertain the petition as
the matter raised before the court are pre-election issues as captured in
section 285 of the Electoral Act.

 

Details shortly

Source: BREAKING: Benue guber: Tribunal upholds Governor Alia’s election

 - NigerianEye

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