Governor Samuel Ortom of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been declared winner of the Benue State
governorship election.
Ortom was declared winner on
Sunday by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, after the
supplementary election held in some polling units across the state.
The PDP candidate defeated his
main challenger, Emmanuel Jime of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to win
his second term ticket.
Announcing the result on Sunday,
the Returning Officer, Prof Sebastian Maimako, said Ortom of the PDP polled
434,473 votes to humble APC’s Jime, who came behind with 345,155 votes, thus,
winning with 89,318 margin.
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