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  • Benue Governor, Ortom delivers flawless victory for Atiku at polling unit

    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 President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress with a flawless victory of 711 votes to zero.

    During the voting exercise, it was observed that APC agents were absent at most polling units in Gbajimba.

    Ortom won his governorship election on the APC platform in 2015. He defected to the PDP in 2018.

    He will contest for another term of four years against his closest rival, Emmanuel Jime of the APC.

     

  • BREAKING: Buhari wins polling unit as APC loses senate seat to Accord Party

    President Muhammadu Buhari has won his polling unit, PU003 at Sarkin Yara ward A, in Daura, Katsina.

    The president scored 523 votes while the Presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar got only three votes.

    However, the president’s party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), candidate for Katsina North senatorial district, incumbent Kaita Baba-Ahmad, lost the unit to the candidate of Accord party, Lawal Nalado.

    Nalado scored 263 while Kaita scored 248 votes.

    The candidate of the major opposition party, the PDP, Usman Mani, scored only two votes.