Court dismisses APC's appeal against Ortom's re-election as Benue governor
The court says APC's appeal challenging Ortom's victory as Benue governor lacks merit.
The APC and its candidate had challenged Samuel Ortom's victory as Benue governor at the last guber poll in the state. [Kemifilani]
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On the ground of lacking merit, a five-man panel, led by Justice Fred Oho, dismissed the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the poll, Emmauel Jime, challenging Ortom's re-election as the state governor.
![The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, had initially dismissed the petition of Jime who contested against Ortom on the platform of the PDP. [SunNews]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'678'%20height%3D'381'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, had initially dismissed the petition of Jime who contested against Ortom on the platform of the PDP. [SunNews]")
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, had initially dismissed the petition of Jime who contested against Ortom on the platform of the PDP. [SunNews]
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The court also resolved all the five issues considered in the appeal against the appellants and upheld the earlier judgment of the Benue State Governorship Election Petition, which had earlier affirmed Ortom’s victory at the poll.
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Governor Ortom had on March 9, 2019, contested for re-election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after defecting from the APC due to the continuous attacks of herdsmen in the state.
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