Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has claimed that the electoral act was violated in last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.
Terver Akase, the governor’s media aide, said in a statement on Tuesday that his team is assessing the situation and will make a decision soon.
He urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to dismiss Nigerians’ concerns about alleged electoral irregularities during the general election.
The governor also urged the electoral commission to take the necessary steps to prevent the country from devolving into violence and chaos.
Ortom, on the other hand, urged the people of the state to remain calm, law-abiding, and peaceful.
He said:
Though several violations of the electoral act were witnessed in the conduct of the presidential and national assembly elections, my team is assessing the situation and will make my position known soon.
I urge the people of the state to remain calm, law-abiding, and as peaceful as they have been.
Despite the pre-election apprehensions, voters in the 23 local government areas of the state went out to exercise their civic responsibility and no major breach of peace has been recorded in any part of the state.
I commend the resilience of those who were able to vote during the elections despite the current economic situation in the country.
The governor thanked residents who voted for him in the Benue north-west senatorial election and thanked the PDP for its support.
WITHIN NIGERIA reported that Ortom’s senatorial bid had been defeated by Titus Zam, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the state.
The governor of Benue received 106,882 votes, while Zam received 143,151 votes.
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