Tension As Benue PDP Drags, Fr. Alia,APC To INEC again!! [SEE DETAILS]

PDP

Following the declaration of Rev. Fr Hyacinth Iornem Alia as the authentic flag bearer of the All Progressive Congress ,APC, Governorship rerun in BENUE state,the Peoples Democratic Party PDP have once again kicked against the the method of primaries adopted by APC in producing it's candidate.

Recalled, that the National Working Committee,NWC, of the All Progressive Congress had ordered for a rerun in some part of the state. The election was conducted in a free and fair environment on the 9th of June 2022 and Rev. Alia was announced the winner having scored the highest votes.

Reacting to the rerun election,the PDP have written a letter in protest against APC as they continue to insist that the process violates INEC's electoral laws.

Read below..

"9th June, 2022

The Resident Electoral Commissioner,

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),

Makurdi, Benue State.

Sir,

LETTER OF PROTEST

It has come to our knowledge the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rescheduled the conduct of her Governorship/State Assembly Primaries for Wednesday/Thursday (08-09/06/2022) in twelve (12) out to the twenty-three (23) local government areas in the state (see Appendix 'A' as attached).

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Benue State Chapter hereby protests this conduct for the following reasons:-

i. It violates Article 1.2 of the Commission's (INEC) Regulations and Guidelines for Political Party Operations which requires at least a seven (7) days' notice for such exercise. In effect, the All Progressives Congress (APC) had violated Section 148 of the Electoral Act, 2022 which empowers the Commission (INEC) to issue regulations, guidelines or manuals for purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the Act and for its administration;

ii. We state on good authority that there is no correspondence from the INEC headquarters in Abuja instructing your office to monitor the rescheduled primaries;

iii. Refer to INEC's letter to PDP in respect of Imo State rescheduled Congresses which ordered for compliance with the above cited provision. (Attached as Appendix 'B')

PRAYER

On account of the above cited violations of the Electoral Act and INEC guidelines, we pray that your office should steer clear of monitoring the illegal exercise by the APC in Benue State.

Joseph Ianna Nyam, PhD

Secretary

Hon. Sir John Ngbede

Chairman

See letter below 👇..