Governor Ortom Loses Government House to APC

Governor Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party (PD) loses the Benue government house polling unit in the 2023 Benue Governorship Election.

ENigeria Newspaper reports that according to reports available to us in the ongoing 2023 Benue Governorship Election, Governor Samuel Ortom lost the state’s Government House polling unit to Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost in 2 polling units in the Benue state government house in Makurdi, the state capital.
Alia polled 130 votes to defeat Tinus Uba, the candidate of the PDP, who garnered 43 votes at the Art theatre polling unit 011, Daily Trust revealed.

At the second polling unit, the Protocol Polling Unit, Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia of the APC garnered 36 votes, while Uba of the PDP got 10.
Governor Samuel Ortom, a leader of the PDP in the state, is one of the 7 outgoing governors who lost their senatorial bids.

Source: ENigeria Newspaper