The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured a landslide victory in the Benue State local government elections held on Saturday, winning all 23 chairmanship positions and 276 councillorship seats.
The elections were conducted by the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC).
Announcing the results at the commission’s headquarters in Makurdi, BSIEC Chairman Mr. Richard Tombowua confirmed that the APC achieved a clean sweep of the polls, which were contested by five out of the eight political parties that had initially expressed interest.
Mister Tombowua stated that the elections were largely peaceful, with no major incidents reported, except in Otukpo Local Government Area, where a BSIEC official was briefly held hostage. Thanks to the swift intervention of the police, the official was safely returned to Makurdi.
