The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Father Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the Governor of Benue state.
It has dismissed the appeal by the People’s Democratic Party and its candidate in the Benue governorship election, Titus Uba.
The governorship election petition tribunal and the Court of Appeal in Abuja had affirmed Alia as the elected governor of the state.
Uba went to the Supreme Court for redress after the rulings by the two lower courts did not favour him
The INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Kuta, said the APC candidate polled 473,933 votes to defeat his closest rival, Titus Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party who scored 223,914 votes.
Alia was accordingly issued with Certificate of Return.
