BREAKING: LG POLL: BENUE: PDP Wins All 23 LGAs In Benue Council Elections

BREAKING: LG POLL: BENUE: PDP Wins All 23 LGAs In Benue Council Elections

Save Our Nation (SON)

May 1, 2022

 

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Benue State has been declared the winner of the Saturday local government election.

Announcing the result on Sunday, the Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, Tersoo Loko, declared that PDP won the 23 chairmanship seats and 276 councillorship seats across the state.

He said that four political parties including AAC, PDP, APGA, Labour party and SDP took part in the exercise held across polling units in the state.

The BSIEC chairman said that the election was absolutely devoid of violence but free and fair in all the local government areas.

Earlier, the Benue State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), said it deployed 1250 Personnel across the state to maintain peace, order and to provide strong security coverage before, during and after the local government election.

The State Commandant, Phillip Okoh stated that the command is aware of the security challenges in the state but promise that the Corps would leave nothing to chance, to ensure the security of lives and property and to guarantee peace across the state.