People’s Democratic Party, in Benue state and its governorship candidate in the general elections Titus Uba have appealed the ruling of the Tribunal which upheld the election of Governor Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
In a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Bemgba Iortyom, the party through its team of lawyers is before the Court of Appeal challenging the judgment on 16 grounds notably amongst which are the Tribunal’s error in law on the issue of its jurisdiction to entertain both petitions
Recall that the Tribunal, presided by Justice Ibrahim Karaye, on September 24 2023, dismissed the petition of the PDP and its candidate which challenged the return of Governor Alia by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on the grounds that the panel lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the matter.
In a unanimous decision, the Tribunal held that the issues raised by the petitioners were pre-election matters and ought to have been entertained by the Federal High Court and not the Tribunal.
