Tinubu defeats Obi in Benue with 2k-vote margin | TheCable

[TOP STORY] Tinubu defeats Obi in Benue with 2k-vote margin | TheCable

Faruk Kuta, returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission , announced the result on Monday at the INEC head office in Makurdi, the state capital.

APC’s Tinubu polled 310,468 votes, followed by Peter Obi of the Labour Party who secured 308,372 votes. The Peoples Democratic Party got 130,081 votes, while the New Nigeria Peoples Party polled 4,740 votes.Obi won 15 LGAs including Guma, where Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, hails from, while Tinubu secured eight LGAs.for Obi in the presidential election at his polling unit in Tse-Ortom, Mzondu ward, Guma LGA.

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