The Independent National Electoral Commission in Benue State has announced the presidential election from five local government areas of the state.

The results were announced by returning officers of the local government areas respectively with due supervisor of the Collation Officer, Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof. Farouk Kuta.

In the five local government areas already announced, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, won in three local governments, followed by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu.

Meanwhile, the APC candidate is leading in votes cast from the five local government areas so far announced having polled 44,139 followed by Labour Party which scored 40,871 and PDP 18,680

The results are as follows:

1. Tarka LGA
Reg. Voters: 54,537
Accredited voters: 19,188
Total valid votes: 18,669
Rejected votes: 511

APC- 13,640
LP- 2,038
PDP- 2,642

2. Buruku LGA
Reg. Voters 128,521
Accidented voters 42,760
Total valid votes 41,701
Rejected votes 1,059

APC- 20,248
LP- 13,466
PDP- 6,909

3. Ado LGA, 10 wards
Reg voters : 83,199
Accredited voters: 14,774
Total valid votes: 13829
Rejected votes: 724
Total vote cast: 14,553

APC- 2,271
APGA- 42
LP- 9,987
PDP- 1,107

4. APA LGA, 11 wards
Reg voters : 66,720
Accredited voters: 17,406
Total valid votes: 15,931
Rejected votes: 1,367
Total vote cast: 17,298

APC- 3,430
APGA- 608
LP- 7,421
NNPP- 191
PDP- 3,682

5. Obi LGA
Reg voters- 69,126
Accredited voters- 18,062
Valid voters- 17,178
Invalid votes- 884
Votes cast- 18,062

LP- 7,949
APC- 4,450
PDP- 4,340

Collation of votes resumes 10am today

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Tinubu winning Benue.

Things are happening.

biligi biligi

Fake

Fake news

Obi won benue hands down

Nobody voted for apc in benue


Inec should do the right thing and stop the rigging out rightly.

The people s choice is obi

Machinegun91:
Fake news

From Punch?
Your head don bend.
You no know say dem go lock up Punch if dem bring fake news for wetin we dey so?

Tinubu is winning massively in the bible belt.
God bless Fr Alia

Benue will surely go the way of the Labour Party.

Congrats my President-Elect Asiwaju Tinubu.
check my signature for free stuffs!

You see this middle belt, forget it, they are very stupid, that's how they voted for buhari, after they will be shouting Fulani , Muslim Muslim up and down

Roboto11:
Tinubu winning Benue.

Things are happening.

He can't win. That's just 5 LGAs. Benue is for Obi.

Roboto11:
Tinubu winning Benue.

Things are happening.

And Atiku is losing woefully

Asiwaju is the next president

Pascal9:
You see this middle belt, forget it, they are very stupid, that's how they voted for buhari, after they will be shouting Fulani , Muslim Muslim up and down

How can you be calling people "stupid" for exercising their rights?

What the hell is wrong with some of you guys sef?

EngrKemp:
Obi won benue hands down

Nobody voted for apc in benue


Inec should do the right thing and stop the rigging out rightly.

The people s choice is obi

keep quiet, I'm in Benue State and I can assure you that Tinubu is winning this