Akume’s wife, Ibori’s daughter win house of reps seats

 

Regina Akume, Erhriatake Ibori-Suenu, and Blessing Onuh have won seats in the house of representatives.

 

Regina, the wife of George Akume, former Benue governor, won the Tarka/Gboko federal constituency election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with 47,086 votes to defeat John Diyeh of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 24,639 votes.

 

Blessing Onuh, daughter of David Mark, former senate president, was re-elected to represent Otukpo/Ohinmimi constituency in the house of representatives on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

 

Onuh polled 29,031 votes to defeat Alex Ogbe of the PDP who polled 21,741 votes.

 

Erhriatake Ibori-Suenu, daughter of James Ibori, former Delta governor, won the Ethiope federal constituency seat in the house of representatives.

 

She contested on the platform of the PDP to defeat the lawmaker currently representing the constituency, Ben Igbakpa, who contested on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).

 

The PDP candidate polled 20,814 votes to defeat the NNPP candidate who polled 8,901 votes.