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INEC Declares APC’s Catholic Priest, Rev Fr Hyacinth Winner Of Gov Election In Benue

Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)…

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Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of the Benue State Governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

VerseNews Nigeria reports that the Returning Officer, Prof Faruq Kuta and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna declared the Catholic priest winner.

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Alia who will now replace Governor Samuel Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party polled a total of 473,933 votes to defeat Titus Uba of PDP who scored 223,913.

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