The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
in Benue State has commenced announcement of
results of the presidential elections in the state with
President Goodluck Jonathan taking the lead in five
local governments areas so far.
The INEC Resident Electoral Officer (REC) in the state,
Mr. Istafanus Dafwang received the results from
collation officers in Makurdi.
He said the five LGAs that had submitted were from the
Benue South senatorial district.
The results in Benue North East and Benue North West
senatorial districts are yet to be collated.
They already announced LGAs include Ado, Okpokwu,
Ohimini, Agatu and Ogbadibo respectively.
The results indicate that in Ado, President Jonathan
polled 7,382 against General Mohammad Buhari who
scored 2,328 votes.
In Okpokwu LGA, Jonathan has scored 12, 103 votes,
while Buhari has 4,757 and in Ohimini, the President
led with 5,909 against Buhari who scored only 4,734.
Jonathan also defeated Gen. Buhari in Agatu, home of
the PDP deputy governorship candidate in Benue John
Ngbede with a wide margin of 9,555 votes against
3,627.
In Ogbadibo, 6,937 votes went to Jonathan on a slim
margin to the APC candidate who has only 6,257 votes.
Meanwhile, the leading opposition All Progressives
Congress (APC) in Benue State has accused the ruling
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of deploying intensive
machineries to manipulate the results of presidential
and National Assembly Elections in the three senatorial
districts of the state. For the breakdown visit benue.com.ng/live-election-results-...