APC SWEEPS LG POLLS IN BENUE NAN Report

The Benue State Independent Electoral
Commission (BSIEC ) announced on
Sunday June 4, 2017 that the All Progressive Congress (APC), had won
all the 23 local government chairmanship seats in the elections held
on Saturday. It also announced that the party won all
the councillorship positions, with some
of the candidates returned unopposed
BSIEC chairman John Tsuwa who
declared the results in Makurdi, however declined to release details
of votes scored by the candidates.
"The figures are not ready. I will not
entertain questions because this is not a
press conference," he told curious
newsmen.
Tsuwa said that eight political parties
participated in the exercise and listed
them to include Accord Party , APC,
PDP , SDP, ACB , PPP , LP and NNPP.
He thanked security agencies for
ensuring a smooth conduct of the
elections, and expressed happiness that
no case of violence or snatching of
ballot box was reported throughout the
exercise--NAN.