By Don Silas Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has defeated the candidates of the All Progressives Cong...
By Don Silas
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party,
LP, has defeated the candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sen.
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar at the two Benue House Gate Polling Units in the just concluded
Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.
In the results from the Government House Arts Theatre
Polling Unit 011, as announced by the Presiding Officer, Bosede Benson, Obi got
137 votes, while Atiku pooled 8 votes and APC scored 59 votes.
Also, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, who is the Benue
North West Senatorial District candidate of the PDP, won in the two Polling
Units, same as Benjamin Mzondu of the PDP.
In the Senatorial election, the LP candidate Mark Gbilah
garnered 53 votes, the PDP candidate, Gov Ortom, polled 87 votes, and the APC
candidate, Titus Zam, scored 74 votes.
In the House of Representatives elections, Benjamin Mzondu
of the PDP polled 80 votes, the APC candidate, Dickson Tarkighir, garnered 80
votes, and the LP candidate, Jerry Agbe, scored 52 votes.
Also, at the Government House Protocol Polling Unit 022, the
result, as announced by the Presiding officer, Chindo Jamila, indicated that
the LP presidential candidate scored 42 votes, APC 16 votes and PDP 6 votes.
In the senatorial election, the PDP candidate garnered 25
votes, LP got 15 votes, and APC polled 22 votes.
In the House of Representatives election, the LP polled 17
votes, PDP got 24 votes, and the APC scored 20 votes.
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