The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has recorded a clean sweep of
last Saturday’s council elections held across the 23 Local Government
Areas, LGAs, of Benue state, Vanguard reports.
The party also cleared all the 276 available councilorship positions at the poll.
Five political parties including the Social Democratic Party, SDP,
Labour Party, LP, African Action Congress, AAC, All Progressives Grand
Alliance, APGA, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, participated in
the election.
Announcing the result of the poll, Chairman of the Benue State
Independent Electoral Commission, BSIEC, Mr. Terso Loko said the
election was held peacefully in 3,691 polling units across the state.
He said the election turned out a huge success without any incidents
assuring that the commission would build on the success recorded in
future elections.
“By the the powers conferred on me as the Chief Returning Officer of the
election and given the returned results I declare the PDP victorious in
the 23 chairmanship and 276 councilorship election.
“With the conclusion of the elections and declaration of results, the
Chairmen-elected will on Monday morning be issued their certificates of
return at the Commission’s headquaters in line with the provisions of
the law,” the Chairman said.
From the released results the PDP recorded its highest votes in Kwande
LGA where its candidate Mrs. Joyce Chianson polled 67,406 votes to
emerge victorious while Mr. Clement Onah garnered 1,235 votes, being the
lowest in the 23 LGAs to emerge victorious in Oju LGA.
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