THE Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue state, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has taken early lead in the result of Saturday’s election announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The results from the 11 Local Government Areas, LGAs, as announced by the various Collation Officers, at the State Collation Centre in Makurdi, the APC candidate won in eight LGAs while the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Mr. Titus Uba won in three LGAs
The eight LGAs won by the APC includes: Apa, Gwer West, Ado, Katsina-Ala, Buruku, Tarka, Ukum and Obi.
The sum total of the results garnered by the two leading candidates from the 11 LGAs so far declared indicated that the APC candidate has opened up a 94,695 votes lead.
The APC candidate polled a total of 194,555 votes in the 11 LGAs while the PDP candidate garnered 99,860 votes.
Results from 11 more LGAs are still being awaited while the governorship and State House of Assembly election in Kwande LGA was shifted to a later date by INEC due to printer’s error in the ballot papers and result sheets to be used in the two State Constituencies that make up the LGA.
