2027: No law says governor must serve eight years – Ex-AGF Aondoakaa

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaigner successful Benue State, Chief Michael Aondoakaa, has declared that the 2027 governorship predetermination volition supply voters with an accidental to find whether Governor Hyacinth Alia deserves a 2nd word successful office.

Aondoakaa, who expressed assurance that the incumbent politician could beryllium defeated astatine the poll, made the assertion connected Monday portion speaking with journalists successful Makurdi.

The erstwhile Attorney-General and Minister of Justice dismissed claims that an incumbent politician successful Benue had ne'er been defeated portion seeking re-election, arguing that occupying the bureau for a 2nd word was not an automatic right.

According to him, the Constitution guarantees a politician an archetypal four-year tenure, portion different 4 years depends connected the determination of the electorate.

“The instrumentality does not springiness a politician 8 years. It gives a politician 4 years. The different 4 years are what the radical springiness you,” helium said.

The PDP campaigner attributed his optimism astir unseating the incumbent medication to what helium described arsenic inadequate entree to the governor, worsening insecurity and an imbalance successful the organisation of improvement a...