The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress in Benue State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, the winner of Saturday’s election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission declared Alia, who is a Catholic priest, the winner of the poll on Monday.
The INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Kuta, said the APC candidate polled 473,933 votes to defeat his closest rival, Titus Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party who scored 223,914 votes.
The Labour Party candidate, Hemma Hembe, polled 41,841 votes to come a distant third.
The APC governorship candidate won in 17 LGAs, PDP won in four LGAs and Labour Party won in one LGA.
The governorship election did not hold in Kwande local government area due to print errors in ballot papers meant for the council.
The returning officer said that the Commission relied on section 24 sub-section of the Electoral Act and INEC guidelines to declare Alia the winner of the election.
Credit: Punch