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    Ifetayo AdeniyiBy Ifetayo AdeniyiMarch 21, 20235 Mins Read
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    Catholic priest Hyacinth Alia wins Benue State governorship election

    By Adeniyi Ifetayo

    Mr Alia of the APC scored 473,933 votes to beat Mr Uba of the PDP who polled 223,913 votes.

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Hyacinth Alia, has won the Benue State governorship election held on Saturday, 18 March.

    Mr Alia, a Roman Catholic priest, defeated his closest challenger, Titus Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Uba is the current Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly.

    Announcing the results of the governorship poll in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, on Monday, Faruk Kuta, the state collation and returning officer, said Mr Alia scored 473,933 votes to beat Mr Uba who polled 223,913 votes.

    Giving the breakdown of the votes, Mr Kuta who is the vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, (FUT) Minna, said the valid votes stood at 756,903, while the rejected votes were: 11,499. The total votes cast were: 768,402.

    Citing section 24(1) of the Electoral Act (2022) and INEC Guidelines for the election, the State Returning Officer declared Mr Alia as the winner of the 2023 Benue State governorship election.

    The governorship and state parliamentary election in Kwande Local Government Area was shifted to Tuesday, 21 March, due to printing errors in ballot papers that were discovered during the Saturday election.

    Therefore, with the margin of lead put at 250,020 votes above the number of PVCs collected in the affected areas which stands at 156,826, Mr Alia was declared the winner by the electoral umpire.

    On Sunday, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Benue State, Sam Egwu, said the winner of the governorship poll might be declared if the margin of win is greater than the number of registered voters who collected their PVCs in Kwande LGA.

    Both Messrs Alia and Uba hail from Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State.

    The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Benue, Herman Hembe, came third in the race with 41,881 votes.

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) began the collation of Saturday’s governorship election at the Benue Governorship Election State Collation Centre in Makurdi, the state capital, on Sunday.

    Kwande LGA has a total number of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) of 156,826, representing 91 per cent of 172,293 registered voters.

    1. Apa, 11RAs

    Reg voters:66,720.

    Accredited voters: 17,435

    APC: 7,925

    LP: 465

    PDP: 7,806

    VALID VOTES: 6,520

    Rejected votes: 485

    Total voted cast: 17,005

    2. Gwer West, 15 RAs

    Reg Voters: 74,563

    Accredited voters: 26,333

    Votes by parties

    APC: 10,947

    LP: 1,509

    PDP: 13,609

    Valid votes: 26,155

    Rejected Votes: 175

    Votes cast: 26,330

    3. Logo, 10RAs

    Reg Voters: 114,100

    Accredited voters: 33,114

    Votes by parties

    APC: 15,574

    LP: 296

    PDP: 16,385

    Valid votes: 32,582

    Rejected Votes: 509

    Votes cast: 33,091

    4. Ado LGA, 10RAs

    Reg Voters: 83,199

    Accredited voters: 14,811

    Votes by parties

    APC: 8,662

    LP: 308

    PDP: 4,379

    Valid votes: 14,355

    Rejected Votes: 448

    Votes cast: 14803

    5. Gwer East LGA, 14 RAs

    Reg Voters: 99,851

    Accredited voters: 34,111

    Votes by parties

    APC: 20,083

    LP: 1,272

    PDP: 12,085

    Valid votes: 33,601

    Rejected Votes: 283

    Votes cast: 33,924

    6. Agatu LGA, 10RAs

    Reg Voters: 64,315

    Accredited voters: 18,407

    Votes by parties

    APC: 7,482

    LP: 216

    PDP: 9,934

    Valid votes: 17,943

    Rejected Votes: 464

    Votes cast: 18,407

    7. Obi LGA, 12 RAs

    Reg Voters: 69,126

    Accredited voters: 17,759

    Votes by parties

    APC: 9,897

    LP: 1185

    PDP: 6,267

    Valid votes: 17,519

    Rejected Votes: 240

    Votes cast: 17,759

    8. Ukum, 13 RAs

    Reg Voters: 142,119

    Accre voters: 39,425

    Votes by parties

    APC: 28,503

    LP: 439

    PDP: 9,418

    Valid votes: 38,640

    Rejected Votes: 785

    Votes cast: 39,425

    9. Tarka LGA, 10RAs

    Reg Voters: 55,464

    Accre voters: 20,939

    Votes by parties

    APC: 16,422

    LP: 175

    PDP: 3,748

    Valid votes: 20,632

    Rejected Votes: 299

    Votes cast: 20,931

    10. Buruku LGA, 13 RAs

    Reg Voters: 129,696

    Accredited Voters: 46,418

    Votes by parties

    APC: 34,713

    LP: 1,155

    PDP: 9,513

    Valid Votes: 45,937

    Rejected Votes: 470

    Votes cast: 46,407

    11. Katsina-Ala LGA, 12 RAs

    Reg Voters: 168,318

    Accre Voters: 42,189

    Votes by parties

    APC: 34,347

    LP: 178

    PDP: 6,716

    Valid Votes: 41,669

    Rejected Votes: 520

    Votes cast: 42,189

    12. Gboko LGA, 17 RAs

    Reg voters: 249,636

    Accre voters: 77,230

    Votes by parties

    APC: 53,985

    LP: 1,493

    PDP: 18,773

    Valid votes: 75,316

    Rejected votes: 1261

    Votes cast: 76,577

    13. Ohimini LGA, 10RAs

    Reg Voters: 46,713

    Accredited voters: 15,918

    Votes by parties

    APC: 7,233

    LP: 973

    PDP: 6,785

    Valid votes: 15,751

    Rejected Votes: 157

    Votes cast: 15,908

    14. Guma LGA

    REG Voters: 114,054

    Accredited voters: 38,889

    Votes by parties

    APC: 15,371

    LP: 535

    PDP: 22,083

    Valid votes: 38,239

    Rejected Votes: 505

    Votes cast: 38,744

    15. Ushongo LGA, 11 RAs

    Reg Voters: 11769

    Accre voters 43228

    APC: 31946

    LP: 913

    PDP: 8879

    Valid votes: 38,239

    Rejected Votes: 505

    Votes cast: 38,744

    Valid votes: 42656

    Rejected Votes: 566

    Votes cast: 43221

    16. Ogbadibo LGA, 13 RAs

    Reg Voters: 72,231

    Accre voters: 16,242

    Votes by parties

    APC: 7,627

    LP: 405

    PDP: 6,032

    Valid votes: 15,843

    Rejected Votes: 399

    Votes cast: 16,242

    17. Oju LGA, 11 RAs

    Reg Voters: 110,166

    Accre voters: 28,576

    Votes by parties

    APC: 17,245

    LP: 1,611

    PDP: 8,811

    Valid votes: 28,142

    Rejected Votes: 433

    Votes cast: 28,575

    18. Makurdi LGA, 11RAs

    Reg voters: 305,600

    Accre voters: 76,026

    Votes by parties

    APC: 56,432

    LP: 3,792

    PDP: 12,329

    Rejected votes: 1,343.

    19. Vandeikya

    In Vandeikya, the governorship result is as follows:

    Alia: 46,786

    Uba: 12,988

    Hembe: 129

    20. Otukpo LGA, 13 RAs

    Reg voters: 149,987

    Accre voters: 37,567

    Rejected Votes: 658

    Votes by parties

    APC: 19,430

    LP: 2,187

    PDP: 12,834

    21. Konshisha LGA, 11RAs

    Reg voters: 131,461

    Accre voters: 43,779

    Rejected Votes: 673

    Votes by parties

    APC: 13,997

    LP: 21,606

    PDP: 5, 905

    22. Okpokwu LGA, 12RAs

    Reg voters: 76,366

    Accre voters: 19,544

    Rejected votes: 221

    Votes by parties

    APC: 9,326

    LP: 1,039

    PDP: 8,634

    Source: Premium Times on line

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