Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has approached a Makurdi High Court seeking additional time to respond to a N1 billion defamation lawsuit filed by a federal lawmaker, Hon. Terseer Ugbor.
Ugbor, who represents the Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, initiated the legal action against Governor Alia.
The suit, filed under reference number MHC/422/2024, also names the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Tersoo Kula, and one Isaac Uzaan described as a media aide to the governor as co-defendants.
When the matter came up for mention, Director of Civil Litigation at the Benue State Ministry of Justice, J. A. Omenka, appeared in court on behalf of Governor Alia.
Omenka appealed to the court to grant more time to allow him to respond appropriately to the court processes submitted by counsel to Ugbor, Barrister Emmanuel Agbakor.
Agbakor, while reacting, did not oppose the request. He acknowledged the application and expressed no objection to the extension being sought by the defence counsel.
Following this development, the presiding judge, Justice I.N. Igoh, adjourned the matter to September 25, 2025, for the hearing of a motion for joinder.
