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Benue PDP governorship primaries: Live updates from Makurdi

The primary election to produce the next governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Benue State is ongoing, IDOMA VOICE reports.

Six persons are currently in the race for the sole ticket of the ruling party in the state but the race has been narrowed down to just two persons.

They are Titus Uba from Vandeikya Local Government Area and the current Deputy Governor of the State, Engr. Benson Abounu, who hailed from Otukpo LGA.

2:00pm At the moment, voting has been concluded and sorting is currently all ongoing.

2:40: Uba pick first local govt area sorted. His opponent, Benson Abounu got 3 votes while Uba pocketed the rest.

The following Governorship aspirants earlier stepped down in favor of Hon. Titus Uba:
Hon. Igbawua Chile
Hon. Ikyagba Jeo
Hon. Ubwa Paul
Hon. Mrs Susan wire
Dr. Paul Orhii
Hon. Donatus Dooson Akumbur
Hon. Adikpo Agbatse.

On ground for the exercise are:

Gocenror Samuel Ortom

Senators Abba Moro, Gabriel Suswam and other PDP stakeholders from across the state.

ADO
Abounu 3
Titus Uba 25
MAKURDI – Abounu 0
Uba 33
OBI
Abounu 0
Uba 34
APA
Abounu 0
Uba 33
USHONGO
Abounu 0
Uba 33
LOGO
Abounu 0
Uba 33
BURUKU
Abounu 8
Uba 31

GWER WEST Abounu 1

Uba 43

UKUM 

Abounu 0

Uba 40

KATSINA-ALA 

Abounu 0 

Uba 37

KONSHISHA 

Abounu 0

Uba 33

GWER EAST 

Abounu 0

Uba 40

GUMA

Abounu 0

Uba 30

TARKA

Abounu 3

Uba 27

Gboko

Abounu 0

Uba 50
Okpokwu

Abounu 2

Uba 32
Ohimini

Abounu 1

Uba 30
Ogbadibo 

Abounu 23

Uba 11
Agatu

Abounu 0

Uba 30

Oju

Abounu 0

Uba 33

Vandekiya

Abounu 0

Uba 31

Kwande

Abounu:

4: 20PM: LAST VOTE COUNTED, TITUS UBA WINS

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