Gov Ortom loses Senate bid as APC clears 10 out of 11 Reps seats in Benue
POLITICS DIGEST- Benue Governor Samuel Ortom has lost the Benue North West senatorial contest to All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Chief Titus Zam.
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The returning officer for Benue north-west senatorial election, Rufus Shaato, announced the results on Monday at the INEC local government collation centre in Makurdi, the state capital.
Zam polled 143,151 votes to defeat Ortom with 106,882 votes.
The Labour Party candidate Mark Gbilah who polled 51,950 votes.
Zam, who hails from Gwer west Local Government area, chairman of the area and Special Adviser to Governor Samuel Ortom, on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
APC has cleared 10 of the 11 House of Representatives seats in Benue State.
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