APC Wins Benue Assembly Rerun Poll

George Okoh in Makurdi

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Guma I State Constituency in Benue, Mr Terwase Uche, has been declared winner of the rerun election by the Returning Officer, Professor Julius Ikya, in Daudu, Guma local government collection center.
Ikya declared Uche as the winner of the rerun election on Saturday in Dauduby.

Declaring the result, the returning officer said Uche polled 5,289 to defeat the PDP candidate, who polled 4,134 while the Labour Party (LP) candidate scored 2,833.

The constituency has six council wards namely Mbabai, Mbadwem, Mbawa, Nyiev, Uvir and Mbayev Yandev.
The outcome of the election is viewed as a triumph of Akume’s men over the governor’s men.

The governor and the SGF had been having a running battle on who controls the soul of the APC in Benue State.
The disagreement led to the suspension of the APC Chairman in the state, Mr Augustine Agada, but was reinstated by the National Executive Committee of the party.

According to a source, disagreement between the two started after Akume led the APC to victory at the governorship election in 2023 but shortly after, fell out with the governor who was his anointed candidate.

He said Akume had demanded for some appointments to his men who contributed to the victory but was turned down by the governor for an unknown reasons.

This also led to altercation between the governor and the APC stakeholders led by the National Assembly Benue caucus.