The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the election of Rev. fr Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressive Congress, APC as Benue State governor.
The Court in its ruling, discharged the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its candidate in the Benue governorship election, Titus Uba.
The governorship election petition tribunal and the court of appeal in Abuja had affirmed the election of Hyacinth Alia as governor of Benue state.
But Uba, not satisfied with the judgments, approached the apex court for redress.
Recall that Alia was declared the winner of the state’s governorship election in March 2023.
The Governor was also given a certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
According to the INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Kuta, the APC candidate polled 473,933 votes to defeat his closest rival, Titus Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party who scored 223,914 votes.
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