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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).

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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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