Benue governor, Ortom loses Government House polling units to opposition APC

Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC),  has won the two polling units in Benue State Government House in Makurdi.

The cleric polled 130 votes to defeat PDP’s candidate, Engr. Titus Uba, who scored 43 votes at the Arts theatre polling unit 011.

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At the Protocol polling unit 022, APC scored 36 votes while PDP scored 10 votes.

Ortom, a member of the G-5 led by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, had earlier lost his in his senatorial quest.