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Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue State has lost election into the Benue Northwest Senatorial seat to his former aide, Dr Titus Zam of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Declaring the result, the Returning Officer, Prof. Rufus Shaa’ato, said Zam polled 143,151 votes to beat Ortom whom polled 106,882 votes, while Mr Mark Gbillah of Labour Party (LP) polled 51,950 votes.
Shaa’ato stated that Zam was declared winner having satisfied the requirements of the Electoral Law.
Zam was Ortom’s Special Adviser on Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs from 2015 to 2017…
