APC maintains lead in Benue

                       The All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom, sustained his lead in Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
                       Out of 13 local government gubernatorial election results announced by Independent National Electoral Commission, the APC candidate won in eight local governments, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Terhemen Tarzoor won in five local government areas.
One major upset in the election was the defeat of the PDP candidate in Otukpo local government area where the Senate President, David Mark, hails from.                      
The APC candidate received 15,715 votes to PDP candidate’s 14,519 votes.
Other results announced by INEC are – Gwer East local government, APC 23,831 votes while PDP got 12,657 votes;  Oju Local Government, APC16,948, PDP 10,491.
In Vandekya, APC got 33,075 while PDP received 15,228 votes, Tarka local government, APC got 14,888 votes to defeat PDP which received 3,571 votes.
In Makurdi local government, APC had the upper hand with 33,245 votes while PDP got 23,550, Obgadibo local government also had the upper hand with 7,892 votes to PDP’s 7,358 votes. In Obi local government APC 7,786 votes while PDP got 8, 440 votes. In Okpoku local government, APC  7,209 votes while PDP received 10,849 votes.
In Apa local government, APC got 7,132 votes while PDP received 7,582 votes.
In Gwer West APC secured 11,844 votes while PDP received 13,033 votes.
In Agatu local government APC got 5, 860 while PDP received 15,032.
In Logo, Governor Gabriel Suswam’s local government, PDP got 26,964 votes while APC received 8,852 votes.