{"id":251926,"date":"2023-02-27T16:17:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T15:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=251926"},"modified":"2023-02-27T16:17:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T15:17:46","slug":"ortom-loses-senatorial-bid-to-apc-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/27\/ortom-loses-senatorial-bid-to-apc-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Ortom loses senatorial bid to APC candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has lost his Senatorial ambition to Titus Zam of the All Progressives Congress (APC)<\/p>\n<p>Declaring the results at the State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Returning Officer, Prof. Rufus Shaato, said Titus Zam of the APC scored a total number of 143,152 votes against Governor Ortom\u2019s 106,882 votes followed by the Labour Party\u2019s candidate candidate, Mark Terseer Gbillah, who got a total votes of 51,950.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Senator Patrick Abba Moro of the Peoples Democratic Party, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/27\/atiku-has-won-25-votes-in-24-states-pdp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDP<\/a>, has retained his seat in the Benue South senatorial election.<\/p>\n<p>Moro floored his closest challenger, Dan Onjeh of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to retain his seat in the Red Chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Ojobo of the Labour Party came third after the final result of the election was announced on Monday in Otukpo, the headquarters of Benue South Senatorial District.<\/p>\n<p>See result below:<\/p>\n<p>1. Ado<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 4,500<\/p>\n<p>LP \u2013 5,642<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 3,570<\/p>\n<p>2. Agatu<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 4,724<\/p>\n<p>LP \u2013 2,900<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 6,968<\/p>\n<p>3. Apa<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 4,840<\/p>\n<p>LP \u2013 3,868<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 5,882<\/p>\n<p>4. Obi<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 5,755<\/p>\n<p>LP- 2,109<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 8,548<\/p>\n<p>5. Ogbadibo<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 4,698<\/p>\n<p>LP \u2013 6,414<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 5,924<\/p>\n<p>6. Ohimini<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 4,763<\/p>\n<p>LP \u2013 2,465<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 7,879<\/p>\n<p>7. Oju<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 11,266<\/p>\n<p>LP \u2013 2,302<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 13,271<\/p>\n<p>8. Okpokwu<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 5,232<\/p>\n<p>LP \u2013 5,773<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 7,641<\/p>\n<p>9. 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