We will exhaust all legal options to recover Governorship mandate — Benue PDP

By Titus Atondu, Makurdi

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State has vowed to exhaustively pursue the legal option to recover the Governorship of the state which it believes rightly belongs to them from the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In a press statement signed by the State Publicity Secretary of the party, Bemgba Iortyom and made available to Nigerian NewsDirect,  the PDP restated its position following the judgement of the Court of Appeal  in Abuja which dismissed the appeal by the party’s Governorship Candidate, Engr. Titus Tyoapine Uba, against the earlier judgement of the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal which upheld the victory of Hyacinth Alia as Governor of the state on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the 2023 elections.

According to the Party, it insisted that the Governorship Election conducted in the state in the last general elections was won by Engr. Uba.

According to the statement, “the party’s leadership will consult with the legal team on the best possible approach to the next step in the litigation process.”

The party also expressed belief in the Judiciary noting that it is the last resort for citizens where impunity and manipulation are deployed by a party to a contest such as was the case in the 2023 Benue Governorship Election.

“We believe democracy is best served and the sanctity of the votes of the electorate better preserved by the pursuit of the legal option where there occurs violation of the electoral process as was done by APC at the 2023 Governorship Election,” the statement stated.