Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia
Supreme Court affirms Alia as Benue governor
The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the election of Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State.
A five-man panel of Justices of the Apex Court dismissed an appeal that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Titus Uba, challenging the outcome of the election that held in the state on March 18.
The Justice Inyang Okoro-led panel dismissed the appeal after counsel for the appellants, Mr. Sebastian Hon, SAN, pulled out of the case, which the court noted involved pre-election issues.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja had earlier affirmed Alia of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the validly elected governor of the state.
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