All eyes will be on Benue State, ahead of the governorship and state assembly election that will determine who pilots the affairs of the state for the next four year, Naija News Understands.
The race will be a straight fight between two major political parties; the ruling party, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). it could also be described as a two-horse race between Governor Samuel Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority, NEPZA, Mr Emmanuel Jime, of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Mr. Ortom was first elected governor in 2015 on the platform of APC; he later defected to the PDP after he fell out with his former party.
On his part, Jime, in 1993, was the Speaker of the state House of Assembly and in the current dispensation served as a federal lawmaker. He contested in the APC governorship primary in 2015 but lost to Ortom who, at the time, was in the party. However, there are other political parties participating in the election.
Another prominent factor that shapes the politics in Benue is the presence of godfathers. Some other factors will determine decision making by the 2,480,131 registered voters in the state.
Naija News is on the ground to update you on the happenings in the governorship and state house of assembly elections., keep refreshing this page for the latest update.
source https://www.naijanews.com/2019/03/09/lives-updates-of-benue-state-governorship-election/
0 Comments