Ortom wins Benue and Tambuwal wins Sokoto

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The APC, governorship candidate in Benue
State, Dr. Samuel Ortom has emerged the
winner of last Saturday’s governorship
elections in the state.
In the results so far collated by INEC in
Makurdi, from 22 out of 23 local
government areas of the state, Dr. Ortom
polled 394,047 votes to defeat Mr.
Terhemen Tarzoor of the PDP who polled
302,324 votes.
Though the votes from Buruku Local
Government Area were being expected at
press time, it was not expected to alter the outcome of the entire
result.
As it stands, the difference between the votes garnered by the APC
and PDP candidates is 91,723.
Meantime, the PDP won 15 of the State House of Assembly seats so far
released by the electoral body, the APC had 10, Labour Party secured
one seat while results from four state constituencies were still being
awaited.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal,
was yesterday declared winner of the Sokoto State governorship
election.
The state’s Collation and Returning Officer, Prof. Abdullahi Bagudu ,
who is a Deputy Vice Chancellor, Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto,
declared that Tambuwal polled the highest number of votes in
Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
Announcing the results at about 7.15 p.m, Prof. Abdullahi Bagudu
disclosed that the total votes cast were 958,736 while total valid votes
were 926,682 and voided votes were 32,054
Tambuwal polled 647,609 votes, while the PDP candidate, Sen.
Abdallah Wali scored 269,074
The Speaker won in all 23 local government areas, while his PDP
challenger did not win in any local government.
In the State House of Assembly election, the APC won 28 seats, PDP
won two while PDM got one seat.

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