ICIR NIGERIA
BENUE State governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Samuel Ortom has lost the Benue North-West senatorial election to Titus Zam of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Rufus Sha’ato made the announcement in Makurdi on Monday, February 27.
Sha’ato noted that Zam gathered a total of 143,151 votes, followed by Ortom with 106,882.
The candidate of the Labour party Mark Gbillah came third with 51,950 votes, according to results from polling units in the state.
Zam was Ortom’s former aide, serving as his Special Adviser on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs during his first tenure.
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