BREAKING: APC National Women Leader defeats former Governor, Imoke to deliver LGA for APC
APC National Women Leader defeats former Governor Imoke to deliver LGA for APC
APC National Women Leader, Dr Betta Edu has defeated the former governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke in Abi Local Government Area of the state.
Ejes Gist News reports that, APC’s Prince Otu polled 9,861 votes to defeat his closest rival PDP’s Sandy Onor who polled 8,816 votes, while the Labour Party candidate scored 126.
In another news, Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has defeated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2 polling units in the Benue state government house in Makurdi, the state capital.
Alia has polled 130 votes to defeat Tinus Uba, the candidate of the PDP, who garnered 43 votes at the Art theatre polling unit 011, Ejes Gist News revealed.
APC defeats PDP in Benue’s government house
At the second polling unit, the Protocol Polling Unit, Alia of the APC garnered 36 votes, while Uba of the PDP got 10.
Governor Samuel Ortom, a leader of the PDP in the state, is one of the 7 outgoing governors who lost their senatorial bids.