Attah Ede, Makurdi
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, on Tuesday, withdrew the petition he instituted against the Senator-Elect for Benue Northwest senatorial district, Chief Titus Zam of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had last month declared Zam, a former Aide to the governor as Senator-Elect for Benue North West.
Senator Zam polled a total of 143,141 votes to defeat Governor Samuel Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with 106,880 votes.
The Governor announced the withdrawal of his petition against Zam while addressing newsmen at Government House Makurdi.
He stated that even though there was glaring evidence of malpractices including non-transmission of results electronically during the conduct of the Benue North West Senatorial election, he had taken the decision to withdraw his case from the tribunal.
“As the Bible says in John 3:27 ‘A man can receive nothing, except it is given to him from heaven’.
’The decision to withdraw my case from the court is in the interest of peace and without prejudice to the suits filed by other candidates of our party, PDP”, Ortom’ said.
