We Will Exhaust All Legal Means To Recover Our Mandate In Benue – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State has reiterated its resolve to exhaustively pursue the legal option to recover the governorship of the state.

The publicity secretary of the party in the state, Bemgba Iortyom, made the position of the party known in a reaction to the judgement of the Court of Appeal in Abuja yesterday which dismissed the appeal by the party’s Governorship Candidate, Engr. Titus Uba, against the earlier judgement of the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal which upheld the victory of Hyacinth Alia as Governor of the the state on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the 2023 elections.

According to Iortyom, “It remains the contention of the party that, in line with extant electoral laws, regulations and guidelines, the governorship of the state at the last election was won by Engr. Uba as canvassed by his legal team at the Tribunal and at the just decided Appeal.

He said, “The party’s leadership will consult with the legal team on the best possible approach to the next step on the litigation process, and urge its teeming members and supporters to maintain the faith that justice will surely be done to the petition by Engr. Uba”

“Our great party maintains belief in the Judiciary as 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”

“PDP believes 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.

In his reaction, Governor Alia commended the judiciary for demonstrating that they are really the last hope for a common man and  dedicated the victory to all Benue people.

The governor who spoke through his chief press secretary, Tersoo Kula, said the judgement reaffirmed his trust in the judiciary, adding “I want to use this opportunity to call on all those who lost at the judiciary to down tool and join us to bring back the Benue of our dreams.”