The elections were conducted in 23 local government councils across 276 council wards of the state.
The Peoples Democratic Party has won all the electoral positions contested in the local government council polls held on May 30 in Benue.
The elections, which were adjudged by a team of election observers led by Ibrahim Sheka from Kano, as having low turn out, featured five political parties. APC had alleged disqualification of their candidates by the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission and raised issues of bias against the commission.
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