Benue PDP appoints Dino Melaye, Governor Ortom as party agents for rerun election

- Senator Dino Melaye and Governor Samuel Ortom are to serve as agents of the PDP in the Benue re-run governorship election

- Also appointed as polling agents is a former senate president, David Mark, former governor of the state, Gabriel Suswam as well as former minister of Interior, Abba Moro

- The above names are among 24 people listed as polling agents for the PDP and submitted to the INEC office in Makurdi

The Benue state PDP has appointed Senator Dino Melaye and Governor Samuel Ortom to serve as a polling agents for the party in the re-run governorship election in the state.

Also selected was a former senate president, David Mark, former governor of the state, Gabriel Suswam as well as former minister of Interior, Abba Moro for elections scheduled for March 23.

The newspaper states that the above names were among 24 names of polling agents and two returning officers picked by the Benue PDP and submitted to the INEC office in Makurdi.

Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that no court has the power to restrain the commission from conducting the governorship supplementary election in Adamawa state scheduled to hold on March 23. The Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Kassim Gaidam, said the law does not empower courts to stop it from carrying out its election duties, Daily Trust reports.

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The Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Kassim Gaidam, said the law does not empower courts to stop it from carrying out its election duties, Daily Trust reports.

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