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The Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, on Monday, nullified the Primary of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Benue State and subsequently ordered the Party to conduct a fresh primary election in eleven (11) Local Government Areas of the State for the nomination of its Governorship Candidate ahead of the March 11, 2023 Guber election.

The presiding judge, Justice Mohammed Ambi-Usi Danjuma JCA who led Justices Biobele Abraham Georgewill and Ibrahim Wakil Jauro, unanimously set aside the judgement of the trial Court and partly upheld the appeal.

The Appeal was filed by an aggrieved aspirant, Professor Terhemba Shija (Suit No: CA/MK/PE/21/2022: Shija v. APC, Alia & INEC), challenging the conduct of the Primary which produced the second respondent (Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia).

Shija, through his counsel Mr. Joseph Agbo, had approached the courts seeking the nullification of the primary election of his party that produced Fr. Alia on the grounds that the process failed to meet the guidelines as stipulated in the Electoral Act and the APC’s rules guiding the conduct of the party’s primaries. Agbo argued that no valid primary election held either on the 27th May or on the 9th of June, 2022 and subsequently prayed the Court to nullify the primaries.

The APC had conducted the Benue Guber Primary election on May 27 last year, via direct primary in the 23 LGAs of the State. Following protests by party , the Barr. Uzoamaka Onyeama-led APC appeal recommended a re-run in 12 LGAs and upheld the results in 11.

Recall that in November 2022, Justice Hassan Dikko of the Makurdi Federal High Court, dismissed the suit and held that the primary election that produced Alia was valid and authentic.

Dissatisfied with the ruling of Justice Hassan Dikko, Professor Shija approached the higher Court for reprieve.

The Appeal Court after evaluating the evidence, agreed with the APC on the validity of the rerun of 9th June 2022 which took place in twelve (12) LGAs of the State. The Court held that it was valid and stands but nullified the Primary of May 27.

"Yes I have seen that APC did not conduct a valid primary election on the 27th of May 2022 reasons why the appeal ordered a fresh election that was conducted on the 9th of June 2022 in some Local Government. In the interest of justice, I can not allow those voters in the remaining Eleven Local Government to be disenfranchised, therefore, APC should go back and conduct elections in eleven local Government within 14days and and INEC should recognize the winner after adding both election results as the Gubernatorial candidate of the Party", the Court held.

The affected 11 LGAs are: Gboko, Gwer- East, Gwer-west, Guma, Katsina, Logo, Makurdi, Otukpo, Ukum, Tarka and Vandeikya LGAs.

The court ordered that the results of 9th June 2022 and the one to be conducted fresh should be added and the winner with the highest number of votes should be declared winner.

The LGAs that rerun was held on the 9th of June 2022 and termed valid are: Buruku, Kwande, Agatu, Konshisha, Ogbadibo, Ushongo, Oju Okpokwu, Ado, Ohimini, Obi and Apa LGAs.

Results of the re-run of June 9
Terhemba Shija: 1859;
Terlumun Ikya: 2746;
Bernard Yisa: 338;
Mathias Byuan: 14152;
Sam Ode: 21698;
Hyacinth Alia: 195314
Godwin Ityoachimin: 860;
Barnabas Gemade: 3831;
Michael Kaase Aondoakaa: 3517;
Herman Iorwase Hembe: 720;
Terwase Orbunde: 1393;
Steven Lawani: 23925;
Ayom Mlanga: 0

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2023/01/appeal-court-nullifies-benue-apc-guber-primary-election/amp/

Gen gen, I doubt APC will gen 1% in Benue, no thanks to Obi and Ortom.

The APC candidate ll still win this one. It's just a waste of time and resources

Validated:
Gen gen, I doubt APC will gen 1% in Benue, no thanks to Obi and Ortom.

APC is winning the state's governorship election. Then Lp takes the presidency

Kennyprince:


APC is winning the state's governorship election. Then Lp takes the presidency

why ?
because the candidate na Rv Fr
Ortom candidate will win while Peter wins presidency
the same Apc that stood and watch while Benue sons and daughters are being mauled down by fulani herdsmen ?
Benue will be most stupid state on earth if they vote anything Apc.
Apc is bokoharam

APC will never win any election in Benue State, the current speaker of Benue state house of assembly will win the March 11th governorship poll and Atiku Abubakar of Pdp wins February 25th presidential election there too. Benue State is Pdp. Pdp wins the election next month. Governor ortom wins his senatorial bid next month too. Where’s Kyase here?

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Wahala! Wahala!! Wahala!!!

Waste of resources. Alia will win the rerun.

Unfortunately, this is not justice. Because Alia has been the candidate for so long, he now has a momentum. None of the other candidates stands a chance. It is what it is. Politics is not for the faint hearted.

Alia will still win.

Mumu court ruling. How many days to election

Wahala wahala wahala

The margin is too much.

Waste of Time and resources, Reverend will still win

fergie001:


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2023/01/appeal-court-nullifies-benue-apc-guber-primary-election/amp/

Baba Fegie001, o luuleee abi?

You don't know what you are saying! Mark my words.. the next executive governor of BENUE state is Rev Fr. Hyacinth Alia

Validated:
Gen gen, I doubt APC will gen 1% in Benue, no thanks to Obi and Ortom.

Apc is dead in benue

Ok Na.




This same news was on FRONT PAGE this morning..


“Apeal Court Orders Benue APC Gubernatorial Primary Rerun.
https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/7538352/apeal-court-orders-benue-apc

I see money is changing hands. But I tell you today as an indigene of Benue state, the people chose Alia, not even the party can change him, even Alia cannot say he will not do. It is by force for him to become the governor. All these court processes and the rest are just a total waste of resources.

The day they bring Alia out, is the day Benue as a state Burns and ends. Forward ever!!!!!

We are voting the candidate, not the foolish APC of a party....

Bata wahala..

press9jatv:
APC will never win any election in Benue State, the current speaker of Benue state house of assembly will win the March 11th governorship poll and Atiku Abubakar of Pdp wins February 25th presidential election there too. Benue State is Pdp. Pdp wins the election next month. Governor ortom wins his senatorial bid next month too. Where’s Kyase here?

We still get supreme court bro
Appeal court na their usual way be that and the supreme court always set aside any rulings
So chill, APC is taking over Benue state

NwaMamaIwota:
why ?
because the candidate na Rv Fr
Ortom candidate will win while Peter wins presidency
the same Apc that stood and watch while Benue sons and daughters are being mauled down by fulani herdsmen ?
Benue will be most stupid state on earth if they vote anything Apc.
Apc is bokoharam

Check 2019 elections

PDP narrowly won Benue

People are waiting for the swearing-in of Alia already.

Kyase:


We still get supreme court bro
Appeal court na their usual way be that and the supreme court always set aside any rulings
So chill, APC is taking over Benue state

😂 in your dream. APC is a clueless goner and clueless loser in Benue State I know very well.

press9jatv:
😂 in your dream. APC is a clueless goner and clueless loser in Benue State I know very well.

Sorry ooo
Pdp may not even have a single senator from Benue this time
Just dey play

NwaMamaIwota:
why ?
because the candidate na Rv Fr
Ortom candidate will win while Peter wins presidency
the same Apc that stood and watch while Benue sons and daughters are being mauled down by fulani herdsmen ?
Benue will be most stupid state on earth if they vote anything Apc.
Apc is bokoharam

Let you and your state be wise and vote whoever you choose, Benue state indegenes have gone beyond your level of politics. They will vote competence and credibility over party. Rev Fr Alia is the next governor of Benue state, take it or leave it.

Kennyprince:


APC is winning the state's governorship election. Then Lp takes the presidency

Most likely

press9jatv:
APC will never win any election in Benue State, the current speaker of Benue state house of assembly will win the March 11th governorship poll and Atiku Abubakar of Pdp wins February 25th presidential election there too. Benue State is Pdp. Pdp wins the election next month. Governor ortom wins his senatorial bid next month too. Where’s Kyase here?

This one no sabi road even for map, where Benue state dey, but hear as him analyse am like say na him go hold electorates hand thumb print on the day of election. Fyi, Alia will be the next governor of Benue state, not that stooge of a candidate.

DanAugust2021:
This one no sabi road even for map, where Benue state dey, but hear as him analyse am like say na him go hold electorates hand thumb print on the day of election. Fyi, Alia will be the next governor of Benue state, not that stooge of a candidate.

You dey mind the olodo

iwaeda:


Baba Fegie001, o luuleee abi?

Hahaha, I think those in Benue will vote massively for him sha, that's part of the frustrations of Ortom.

fergie001:
Hahaha, I think those in Benue will vote massively for him sha, that's part of the frustrations of Ortom.

Do they have time to do so now?

This is the handwork of Governors ortom. So clueless, his only achievement is to keep blaming Fulani herdsmen for the backwardness of benue state. Samuel ortom has not commission any single road project in the whole of benue state.