Akume-led APC “tsunami” sweeps off Ortom, Suswam in the national assembly polls, delivers 10 over 11 House of Reps members-elect in Benue

Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator George Akume led the APC in routing the opponents in the February 25 National Assembly elections.

Akume, a former governor of the state, successfully ensured the disruption of the camp of the Peoples Democratic Party, inflicting on its frontline candidates fatal bombardments via the citizens’ Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs.

He was able to sway the people to punish the PDP with their PVC-enabled votes.

By the time the battle for supremacy was over, the State Governor, Samuel Ortom and a former State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, had lost their elections.

Ortom’s bid to represent Benue Northwest in the Senate was truncated by an APC candidate, Dr Titus Zam of the APC while the same thing applied to Suswam, an incumbent Senator, seeking re-election, to the Senate to represent Benue Northeast zone.

Only Senator Abba Moro of the PDP seeking re-election to represent Benue South resisted the onslaught of the APC. He won his election.

The APC also won ten out of the eleven House of Reos seats, conceding the one to a candidate in Agatu area in Benue South Senatorial zone.

There is already excitement in Benue State ahead of the March 11 governorship poll, which bookmakers had already projected APC’s guber standard-bearer, Rev Father Hyacinth Alia, as most likely winner, given his popularity.