Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s presidential election in Benue State.
He received 310,468 votes, outnumbering Labour Party candidate Peter Obi, who received 308,372 votes.
Also, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party polled 130,081 votes to come a distant third, while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party scored 4,740.
The number of valid votes reached 770,075, while the rejected votes amounted to 27,687, with a total of 797,762 votes cast.
