BIG BLOW! Suswam Suffers Setback In Benue

Reports emanating from Benue indicate that, Governor Gabriel Suswan has lost in his bid to return to the National Assembly after an eight-year stint as governor of Benue state.

Suswam was elected governor in 2007 after serving two terms as member of the House of Reps.

Vanguard reports that Suswam lost to a former National Chairman of the PDP Barnabas Gemade, who contested under the APC.

Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam

Announcing the results on Monday at the INEC headquarters in Makurdi, the returning officer for Benue North East Senatorial election, Prof Mohammed Adah, said Gemade polled 140, 715 votes to beat Suswam, who polled 118, 603 votes.

The returning officer also announced that a total of 661,067 voters registered for the election with 290,446 accredited, while 266,232 votes were counted as valid.

He said rejected votes were 5,096 while total number of votes cast was 271,328.