Buhari defeats Jonathan in Benue

All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has finally defeated President Goodluck Jonathan in the presidential election results in Benue State.



He got a convincing win with over 70,000 extra votes after the long-awaited results for Makurdi, the state capital, came in around 2am on Tuesday.







Buhari polled 38,685 votes in Makurdi to bring is overall total votes in the 23 local government areas of the state to 373,961.



Jonathan scored 19,739 votes in Makurdi to bring his total vote haul to 303,737.



The two presidential candidates had been in a head-to-head race in the state since Sunday when‎ results of the election started trickling in.



At a point, Jonathan led when the results of the first five local governments were released and remained in the lead till around 11am on Monday.



However, Buhari later overtook him and continued to lead marginally till he won convincingly on Tuesday morning.



In the results declared by the. Presidential Election Collation Officer in the state, Prof. Hayward Mafuyai‎, in Makurdi, Jonathan won in 14 local governments, while Buhari took the remaining nine.

Although, the President won more local governments, Buhari scored higher votes in the nine he won.

Jonathan won in Ogbadibo, Ukum, Agatu, Ado, Okpokwu, Ohimini, Guma, Otukpo, Apa, Gwer-West, Oju, Obi, Katsina-Ala and Logo.



On the other hand, Buhari won in Tarka, Gboko, Gwer-East, Ushongo, Konshi‎sha, Makurdi, Vandeikya, Buruku and Kwande.



The details of the results are presented local government -by-local government below:



Gboko LG

APC 54,065

PDP 22,971



Tarka LG

APC 15,037

PDP 4,134



Gwer East LG

APC 19,873

PDP 14,363



Ushongo LG

APC 20,958

PDP 13,160



Kwande LG

APC 31,896

PDP 15,483



Konshisha LG

APC 34,344

PDP 6,957



Buruku LG

APC 23,397

PDP 15,407



Guma LG

APC 9,952

PDP 15, 521



Otukpo LG

APC 13,591

PDP 17,591



Apa LG

APC 4,526

PDP 6,450



Gwer West LG

APC 9,649

PDP 12,246



Oju LG

APC 10,821

PDP 14,617



Obi LG

APC 3,936

PDP 9,097



‎Ogbadibo LG

PDP 6,937

APC 6,257



Agatu LG

PDP 7, 382

APC 2, 328



Okpokwu LG

PDP 12,103

APC,4,757



Ohimini LG

PDP 5,909

APC 4,734



Ado LG

PDP 7, 382

APC 2, 328



Katsina-Ala LG



PDP 27,094



APC 13,059‎



Logo LG



PDP ‎16,167



APC 6,376



Vandeikya LG

PDP, 14,080

APC, 26,343



Ukum LG

PDP 16,774

APC, 15,639



Makurdi LG

PDP ‎19,739

APC 38,685


Grand Total

APC: 373,961

PDP: 303,737



via nigerianeye