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The Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, on Monday, ordered the All Progressives Congress to conduct a fresh primary election in 11 local government areas of the state to determine its governorship candidate for the forthcoming general elections.

The appellate court justices who decided the case are Justice Mohammed Danjuma, Justice Abraham Biobelle and Justice Ibrahim Jauro.

Delivering the judgment on the appeal filed by one of the governorship aspirants, Prof Terhemba Shija, Justice Danjuma said that the court agreed with Shija that there was no valid primary election held on May 27 by the party for the nomination of its governorship candidate for which Fr. Hyacinth Alia was declared the winner.

Justice Danjuma said, “I have seen that the APC did not conduct a valid primary election on May 27, 2022, reasons the appeal ordered a fresh election that was conducted on June 9, 2022, in some local governments.

“In the interest of justice, I cannot allow those voters in the remaining 11 local governments to be disenfranchised, therefore, APC should go back and conduct an election in 11 local governments within 14 days and INEC should recognise the winner after adding both earlier primary results.”

The local government areas where the court ordered a fresh primary election are Gboko, Gwer-East, Gwer-West, Guma, Katsina, Logo Makurdi, Otukpo, Ukum, Tarka and Vandeikya.

The local governments where the rerun was held on June 9, 2022, are Buruku, Kwande, Agatu, Konshisha, Ogbadibo, Ushongo, Oju Okpokwu, Ado, Ohimini Obi and Apa.

The court also delivered judgment on the case filed by another governorship aspirant, Senator Barnabas Gemade.

The court of appeal upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court which earlier dismissed the suit against Alia for being statute barred.

The appeal of the Peoples Democratic Party against the APC House of Assembly and House of Representatives candidates was also dismissed.

The court held that PDP has no locus standi to meddle in the affairs of the APC or another political party.

In his reaction, Alia appealed to ers to remain calm.

“We are law-abiding citizens. We respect the judgment of the court and we are appealing to our teeming ers to remain calm. We are still going to be on the ballot. We are all in this for the greater of our state and God,” he said.

The state chairman of the APC, Austin Agada, also asked the party’s ers to remain calm saying, the people had already spoken, adding that “we believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God.”

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The APC is known for violation of rule of law, & any organisation with disdain for rule of law, cannot stand the test of time.

The APC has a very scant regard and respect for the public and for public opinion. It also has a disdain for the law. That makes it a danger to democracy and constitutional rule".

https://www.independent.ng/apc-danger-to-nigerias-democracy-oyinlola/

How many days remain to d election

Wow!

"yes father " fit turn to "no father" if Hopeless Uzodimma could be smuggled through the backdoor courtesy of a supreme court verdict,then anything is possible.

It is absurd for politicians to deliberately desire to circumvent the political process. Some people will just sit down and seek ways to prevent others from participating in running a party. In other instance, some people will refuse to make themselves available but will later claim being shortchanged. We need more work in the area of agreeing on candidates if we are still talking on candidates less than one month to election. There should be a credible process that should be an acceptable to INEC and the courts

Bad news for popular rev. Fr.

Na wa o

PollQualified Nigerians With PVCs Will Vote In The Next Few Weeks. Are We Educated Enough To Vote For The Right Choices Without Prejudice?

https://gist.am/q/qualified-nigerians-with-pvcs-will-vote-in-the-next-few-weeks-are-we-educated-e

Who swear for APC like this

Interesting

Lmao!
That Rev father is bigger than AKUME!
Even a mad man in benue knows he will win.

The only man that could have girls pdp a good run in Benue state

This is part of politics, they just want to use it to get sympathy vote from Benue people.

Good for them!

Chai. Middle belt have never been lucky with great leaders since 1999 except maybe late Gov. Abubakar Audu of Kogi State.

They couldn't even afford to pay for a roasted primary election, I mean conduct a good primary election. Anyway this is not the first time and it won't be the last, they probably won't field any candidate for the elections.

Guess Samuel Ortom and his candidate will be having free day at the polls.

Jamiubond009:
"yes father " fit turn to "no father" if Hopeless Uzodimma could be smuggled through the backdoor courtesy of a supreme court verdict,then anything is possible.

How did PDP win Bayelsa?
How did they win Zamfara?

If a court judgement favors you, it's a win for democracy. If it goes against you, it's through backdoor. But we all know the party that buys judgement anyway.

Hmmm!
Hope this is not handiwork of opposition Sha? But whatever happens it only the Man whose Season it is that will eventually win the Guber.

#Magbadura ooo

This judgement changes nothing. The rerun will be conducted immediately and Alia will remain the candidate of the part. Nothing is going to stop Alia from winning Benue state election.

Chaaiii.




The Rev. Father Ooo...


Are they saying that candidate (the Rev. Father) did Ojoro in the Primaries.??

If Fr Hyacinth no get APC ticket for Benue, I can assure you that they will lose woefully in the guber and presidential elections. This one no be like Osinbajo/Tinubu matter o. Hyacinth Alia is the only hope of APC having a chance in Benue State.

Ni ago melo


The court sef

The Rev. Fr will still win the rerun

In benue we want Fr Alia as our governor and Obi as our president.

YES FATHER WE STAND ON THY MANDATE!

Who said? Or you are stylishly quoting yourself!



quote author=tk4radi post=120325171]Chaaiii.




The Rev. Father Ooo...


Are they saying that candidate (the Rev. Father) did Ojoro in the Primaries.??[/quote]

Dem go still go supreme court, na their way.
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Anti APC! Father Alia will be on the ballot and win as Governor!


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https://www.independent.ng/apc-danger-to-nigerias-democracy-oyinlola/[/quote]

Father Alia will still win.

This is a purchased judgement
because, since the time has ed for
holding primaries and since APC still refused
to conduct proper primaries when
earlier ordered to do so, they have
clearly lost out and therefore have no
gubernatorial candidate.

PDP lost out in Zamfara due to this
same scenario❗️❗️❗️❗️😕😕😕