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Benue 2019: Aggrieved SDP aspirants call for cancellation of primary elections

Aggrieved aspirants on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Benue State have called for the cancellation of its primary election which results are yet to be declared.

The angry aspirants from all the three senatorial districts of the state alleged that the exercises conducted on Saturday were marred with grave irregularities.

Speaking for the complainants at a press conference in Makurdi, Sen. Joseph Akaagerger who is also a senatorial aspirant of the party, stressed the need for cancellation of the national and state assemblies’ primaries of the party in the state over alleged irregularities and malpractices.

He cited cases of snatching of electoral materials by thugs, violence, vote buying and predetermined choice of successful candidates before the conduct of the primaries.

Ben Idah

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