2019 Election
Senator Akume Loses Benue North-West To PDP
Former Governor of Benue State, Senator George Akume, has lost his bid to return to the Senate to Orker Jev of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Announcing the result on Wednesday, INEC’s Returning Officer for the election, Prof Nicodemus Ochani, said Akume of the APC polled 115,422 while Jev of PDP got 157,726 votes to win the contest.
With this, PDP has won all the three senatorial districts in Benue State.
