Benue LG polls: Tension as election umpire rejects PDP candidates' list

There is tension in Benue State ahead of next month's local government elections as the Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) under the leadership of Dr. John Tor Tsuwa, has rejected the list of candidates earlier submitted to it by the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Sunday Telegraph learnt that BSIEC has allegedly cited a directive from the National Secretariat of the opposition party as reason for its action. It was learnt that the electoral umpire in a purported letter said to have been...The post Benue LG polls: Tension as election umpire rejects PDP candidates' list appeared first on New Telegraph Newspapers.
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