Tag: Ortom
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Jime, APC drag Ortom to election tribunal, seek to upturn his victory
Mr Emmanuel Jime, the defeated Benue Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the APC in the state have filed a joint petition challenging the victory of Gov Samuel Ortom at the general elections held between February and March in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governorship polls…
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Atiku congratulates Tambuwal, Ortom on re-election
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, says the victory of the candidates of the PDP in both Sokoto and Benue states is an acknowledgement from Nigerians that the PDP is the only truly national party in the country. Atiku, in his congratulatory message to Governor…
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Supplementary Polls: How Ortom, Lalong, Ganduje, Tambuwal scaled through hurdles of reelection
Governors Samuel Ortom (Benue), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Umar Ganduje (Kano) and Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto) have retained their seats after the collation of Saturday’s supplementary polls. But their challengers – Emmanuel Jime (Benue), Jeremiah Useni (Plateau), Aliyu Sokoto (Sokoto) and Abba Yusuf (Kano), have rejected the results as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
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Supplementary polls: Gov Ortom leads in 9 of 13 LGA’s of Benue
Gov Samuel Ortom of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won in 9 of 13 Local Government Areas (LGA’s) in the supplementary polls held on Saturday. Results from nine councils will be announced today. The results of 13 councils as announced by various INEC Collation Officers on Sunday in Makurdi showed Ortom won Agatu, Apa, Ogbadibo,…
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Benue rerun: PDP appoints Mark, Ortom, Suswam, others as polling agents
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State is leaving no stone unturned ahead of the March 23 rerun elections in the state as it has announced names of its polling agents and returning officers. The Independent National Electoral Commission had announced March 23 for the supplementary election. Benue is among the six states where…
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Benue Governor, Ortom delivers flawless victory for Atiku at polling unit
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the elections in the polling unit of the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom. Ortom voted at the Government Secondary School Gbajimba, Polling Unit 003, Tsofon Kasuwa, Nzoro ward of Guma Local Government Area. According to the results from his polling unit, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP defeated…
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Rigging will not be allowed in Benue – Gov. Ortom
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, has assured residents of the state that there would be no room for rigging and manipulation of votes in the forthcoming elections. Ortom gave the assurance on Saturday in Vandeikya Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. He dispelled fears that the election would be rigged, noting that the people…
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Panic in Benue as herdsmen set Ortom’s rice farm ablaze
Suspected herdsmen have set ablaze the over 20,000 hectares of rice farm belonging to Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom. TNG reports that the rice farm is located in Tse-Adorogo, Mbabeagh, Nzorov, Guma Local Government Area of the state. According to a report by The Nation, the governor said he had not harvested his rice farm,…
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2019: Benue voters will resist rigging, intimidation – Ortom
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has said that the people of the state have resolved to “resist any form of intimidation and rigging during the 2019 general elections”. Ortom stated this on Sunday in Jos, while answering questions from newsmen, shortly after a special Church service. ”We hear that people are scheming to win elections…
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2019: Ortom orders arrest of buyers, sellers of PVCs
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday, directed security agencies in the state to arrest people buying the Permanent Voter’s Cards. Ortom gave the directive on Wednesday in Makurdi while interacting with newsmen. He said that the security agencies had been notified of the ugly trend, stressing that anybody found buying PVCs or…