Mr Emmanuel Jime, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue said the high percentage of votes won by President Muhammadu Buhari across the state has confirmed his popularity with the masses despite the campaign of calumny against him (Buhari) and the APC.
Jime told Newsmen on Wednesday in Makurdi that despite the alleged irregularities, the president polled 347,668 votes to win in 10 local government areas of the state.
“I think for us in Benue, the elections and the votes actually demonstrate that Benue has repudiated the campaigns of calumny and propaganda and has taken a pathway to align itself with national thinking of our country.
“By that I mean, if you look at the pattern of voting and am more interested in the Tiv nation whether it is in the heartland of the Tiv nation; Gboko or indeed in most parts of the heart core Tivland, the president was elected with heart warming votes.”
He commended the people for turning…
