The senator representing Benue South Senatorial District and Senate Minority Leader, Comrade Abba Moro has strongly condemned and rejected the local government election purportedly conducted in Benue State on Saturday, 5th October, while describing it as a sham and an insult to democracy.
Senator Moro said reports from polling units across his senatorial district indicated that election did not hold as election materials and officials of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) were not seen anywhere except in the premises of APC leaders where ballots were thumb-printed for their candidates.
The senator expressed disappointment in the governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, for not standing by the truth and due process as promised during his electioneering campaign. He says he expected the governor, as a priest, to push for a paradigm shift by doing what’s right, and not referencing and copying what was wrongly done in the past.
In a statement signed by Emmanuel Eche’Ofun John, Media Adviser to the Senate Minority Leader on Sunday, 6th October 2024, Moro said, “democracy was fiercely fought for, with some people paying the supreme price, and states that anti-democratic forces will not be allowed to destroy the system.”
The Senate Minority Leader enjoins members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to remain calm as everything legally possible will be done to challenge the charade in a court of competent jurisdiction and ensure that a free, fair and credible election that will afford the electorate the opportunity to choose their leaders at the local government level is conducted.
