The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Samuel Ortom, is currently leading in the Saturday supplementary election held in Benue state.
Our correspondent reports that the election took place in all the 23 Local Government Areas, LGAs, of the state and from the results of the 16 LGAs so far announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Samuel Ortom has won in 12 while the All Progressives Congress, APC, has won in four.
The results announced by the returning officer, Sabastian Maimako, indicated that Ortom has so far secured a total of 9433 votes while Emmanuel Jime of the APC scored a total of 6420 votes.
The result indicates that Ortom is leading with a margin of 3013 votes.
INEC adjourned Collation of results after collating results of 16 Local Government Areas.
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Results declared by INEC so far include the following:
Agatu, APC=0, PDP=144
Apa, APC=176, PDP=296
Ogbadibo, APC=241, PDP=467
Otukpo, APC=255, PDP=250
Ohimini, APC=2,223, PDP=192
Gwer West, APC=137, PDP=481
Makurdi, APC=550, PDP=182
Buruku, APC=189, PDP=515
Tarka, APC=409, PDP=202
Logo, APC=34, PDP=651
Ukum, APC=65, PDP=616
Kwande, APC=03, PDP=193
Ushongo, APC=94, PDP=352
Gboko, APC=1262, PDP=2,055
Oju, APC=73, PDP=220
Gwer East, APC=709, PDP=2,614
