The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured a landslide victory in the Benue State local government elections held on Saturday, winning all 23 chairmanship positions and 276 councillorship seats.
The ruling All Progressives Congress has secured a landslide victory in the Benue State local government elections held on Saturday, winning all 23 chairmanship positions and 276 councillorship seats.Announcing the results on Sunday at the commission’s headquarters in Makurdi, BSIEC Chairman Mr. Richard Tombowua confirmed that the APC achieved a clean sweep of the polls, which were contested by five out of the eight political parties that had initially expressed interest.
“The APC won all 23 local government chairmanship positions and all 276 councillorship positions in the election,” Tombowua said. Tombowua explained that the delay in announcing the results was due to the logistical challenges and distance involved in collating votes across the state. He reiterated that BSIEC fulfilled its commitment to conducting a peaceful, free, fair, and credible local government election.
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