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Breaking: INEC declares Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia winner of Benue guber poll






...reschedules Kwande LG poll to Tuesday 21 



The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has been declared winner of last Saturday’s governorship elections in the state by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. 

The APC candidate defeated his closest rival, Mr. Titus Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who came a distant second, with a margin of 251,020 votes. 

Declaring the result of the election, the State Returning Officer, Professor Farouk Kuta, said he was relying on the "provisions of section 24(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 and the Electoral Guideline of INEC to the declare the result of the election" despite the pending election in Kwande LGA. 

Prof. Kuta stated that the APC candidate polled a total of 473,933votes to defeat Mr. Uba of the PDP, who garnered a total of 223,913 votes 

The candidate of the Labour Party, LP,  Herman Hembe scored 41,881 votes to come third. 

A breakdown of the result declared by the Electoral body showed that the APC won in 17 Local Government Areas, LGAs of the 23 LGAs of the state, PDP took four LGAs while LP took one LGA. 

The declared result also indicates that the total valid votes in the election stood at 756,903, the total votes cast was 768,404 while the total Rejected votes in the election stood at 11,499. 

Shortly after the announcement of the outcome of the poll supporters of the APC took to the streets of Makurdi to celebrate the victory of the Catholic Priest. 

Meanwhile the electoral body has scheduled the State Assembly election in the two State Constituencies of Kwande LGA for Tuesday March 21. 

The Commission explained that the shift became necessary after printing errors were discovered on the ballot papers and result sheets to be used in the election in the two Constituencies that make up the LGA. 

A statement issued Monday and signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye said a decision on the new date was reached after consultations with stakeholders in the area. 

The statement read, "the public may recall that the Governorship and State Assembly elections in Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State scheduled for Saturday 18th March 2023 had to be suspended. 

"This decision followed an inadvertent mix up of some of the sensitive materials for the two State Assembly constituencies in the area, that is Kwande East and Kwande West. For this reason, voters and stakeholders agreed that the elections should be rescheduled. Consequently, the Commission issued a statement that a new date will be announced for the elections. 

"After further consultation with stakeholders, our Resident Electoral Commissioner in Benue State, Professor Sam Egwu, has advised that the State office is ready to proceed with the rescheduled elections. 

Accordingly, the Commission approved that the elections shall hold tomorrow Tuesday March 21, 2023. 

"The Commission appeals to voters in Kwande Local Government Area to troop out en masse and vote for the candidate of their choice. Similarly, we call on parties and candidates to conduct themselves peacefully.


Below is a breakdown of the results from the 22 LGAs as declared by the Collation Officers at the State Collation Centre in Makurdi. 


1. Apa LGA: 

Accre voters: 17,435
APC: 7,925
LP: 465
PDP: 7,806 

VALID VOTES: 16,520
Rejected votes: 485
Total voted cast: 17,005 


2. Tarka LGA: 

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


3, Ukum LGA: 


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


4,  Obi LGA: 

Reg Voters: 69,126
Accre 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


5, Agatu LGA: 


Reg Voters: 64,315
Accre 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


6, Gwer East LGA: 


Reg Voters: 99,851
Accre 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


7. Ado LGA: 

No Reg Voters: 83,199
Accre voters: 14,811 

Votes by parties
APC: 8,662
LP: 308
PDP: 4,379 

Valid votes: 14,355
   Rejected Votes: 448
Votes cast: 14803


8. Logo: 

Reg Voters: 114,100
Accre 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


9, Gwer West: 

Reg Voters: 74,563
Accre 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


10, Katsina-Ala LGA: 


Reg Voters: 168,318
Accre Voters: 42,189 

Votes by parties: 

APC: 34,347
LP:     176 
PDP: 6,716 

Valid votes: 41,669
Rejected:       520
Votes cast:    42, 189 


11, Buruku LGA: 

Reg Voters: 129,696
Accre voters: 46,418 

Votes by parties:
APC:  34,713
LP:       1,155 
PDP: 9,513 

Valid votes cast: 45,937
Rejected votes:    470
Votes cast:             46,407 


12,  Gboko LGA:


Reg Voters: 249,636
Accre voters: 77,230 

Votes by parties:
APC:  53,985
LP:       1,493 
PDP:    18,773 

Valid votes cast: 75,316
Rejected votes:    1,261
Votes cast:             76,577 


13,  Ohimini LGA:


Reg Voters: 46,713
Accre voters:  15,918 

Votes by parties:
APC:  7,233
LP:       973
PDP:   6,785 

Valid votes cast: 15,751
Rejected votes:    157
Votes cast:             15,908


14,  Guma LGA: 

Reg Voters: 114,054
Accre voters:  38,889 

Votes by parties:
APC:  15,371
LP:           535
PDP:   22,083  

Valid votes cast: 38,239
Rejected votes:         505
Votes cast              38,744


15, Ushongo LGA: 

Reg Voters: 111,769
Accre voters:  43,228 

Votes by parties:
APC:  31,946
LP:            913
PDP:     8,879 

Valid votes cast: 42,655
Rejected votes:    566
Votes cast               43,221


16,  Ogbadibo LGA:


Reg Voters: 72,231
Accre voters:  16,242 

Votes by parties:
APC:  7,627
LP:         405
PDP:   6,032 

Valid votes cast: 15,843
Rejected votes:         399
Votes cast:              16,242



17,  Oju LGA:
Reg Voters:    110,166
Accre voters: 28,576  

Votes by parties:
APC:     17,245
LP:          1,611
PDP:      8,811 

Valid votes cast: 28,142
Rejected votes:          433
Votes cast:             28,575


18, Makurdi LGA:


Reg Voters: 305,600
Accre voters:  76,027 

Votes by parties:
APC:  56, 432
LP:        3,792
PDP:   12,329 

Valid votes cast: 74,565
Rejected votes:    1,343
Votes cast:             75,908 

19, Vandeikya LGA:


Reg Voters:   163,980
Accre voters:  62,105 

Votes by parties:
APC:  46,786
LP:           129
PDP:   12,988 

Valid votes cast: 61,492
Rejected votes:          605
Votes cast               62,097


20, Otukpo LGA:


Reg Voters:    149,987
Accre voters:    37,567 

Votes by parties:
APC:  19,430
LP:        2,187
PDP:   12,834 

Valid votes cast:  36,898
Rejected votes:          658
Votes cast               37,556


21, Konshisha LGA:


Reg Voters: 131461
Accre voters:  43779 

Votes by parties:
APC:  13,997
LP:       21,606
PDP:     5,905 

Valid votes cast: 43106
Rejected votes:    673
Votes cast:            43,779


22, Okpokwu LGA:


Reg Voters: 76,366
Accre voters:  19,544 

Votes by parties:
APC:  9,326
LP:      1,039 
PDP:   8,634 

Valid votes cast: 19303
Rejected votes:    221
Votes cast: 19524

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