From Uche Nnorom, Makurdi
All Progressives Congress, APC Governorship candidate in Benue State Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has said that if fairness is carried all through the election, he is hundred percent willing to go with the result that is produced at the end of the election.
Rec. Fr. Alia gave the assurance while speaking with newsmen after casting his vote in his country home Mbadede, Vandeikya local government area.
He maintained that democracy liberates and create room for freedom and level playing ground for everyone, adding “why should we have any reservation at the end notes of the result. I made my plea with the INEC for peace to flourish and I still maintain that. I call for peace and urge my fellow contesters to play by the rules. This is the pivotal things as I feel that INEC as referee will be fair”
“So far from our axis in zone
A under Vandeikya LGA in Ihugh area in Mbadede, this is my traditional home everything here is calm. We are all happy that the day has come and we know that the day is ours. The day to liberate the life of the Benue people is here. Am so happy that I performed my civic responsibility to vote, of course appropriately. Am the right person to get in there and salvage the State and better the lives of the people.
He lauded INEC for improvement in the conduct of the election particularly in the functionality of the Biomodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS.
“From the few complaints I received from the last time, there is enormous improvement thank God for those who were making noise that the BVAS were not going to be counted. I think what we as Nigerians, we can’t at all times be perfect. So,we should appreciate that we have victories from where we were as Nigerians in yester years, so INEC has made tremendous improvement in today election. So far,even in security we have not heard any breaches. There is immediate responds in areas where there are pockets of violence”Alia said.
