- Safiu Kehinde
Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro (PDP/Benue South), has condemned the local government elections held on Saturday in Benue, labelling it as as a rape of democracy.
Moro made the description in a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Mr Emmanuel John, on Sunday in Makurdi.
NPO earlier reported that the All Progressives Congress (APC) won all 23 chairmanship and 276 councillorship seats as declared by the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) on Sunday.
However, the Senate minority leader held that reports from polling units across his senatorial district indicated that the election did not hold.
He said that election materials and officials of BSIEC were not seen anywhere in the area.
Moro expressed his disappointed in Governor Hyacinth Alia for not standing by the truth and due process as promised during his electioneering campaign.
“I expected the governor, as a priest, to push for a paradigm shift by doing what is right and not referencing and copying what was wrongly done in the past.
“Democracy is fiercely fought for, with some people paying the supreme price. Anti-democratic forces will not be allowed to destroy the system,” Moro said.
However , he urged members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to remain calm, as everything legally possible would be done to challenge the election in a court of competent jurisdiction.