Breaking news: Buhari finally takes Benue

All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has finally defeated President Goodluck Jonathan in the presidential election results in Benue State.

He got a convincing win with over 70,000 extra votes after the long-awaited results for Makurdi, the state capital, came in around 2am on Tuesday.

Buhari polled 38,685 votes in Makurdi to bring is overall total votes in the 23 local government areas of the state to 373,961.

Jonathan scored 19,739 votes in Makurdi to bring his total vote haul to 303,737.

The two presidential candidates had been in a head-to-head race in the state since Sunday when‎ results of the election started trickling in.

At a point, Jonathan led when the results of the first five local governments were released and remained in the lead till around 11am on Monday.

However, Buhari later overtook him and continued to lead marginally till he won convincingly on Tuesday morning.

In the results declared by the. Presidential Election Collation Officer in the state, Prof. Hayward Mafuyai‎, in Makurdi, Jonathan won in 14 local governments, while Buhari took the remaining nine.

Although, the President won more local governments, Buhari scored higher votes in the nine he won.

Jonathan won in Ogbadibo, Ukum, Agatu, Ado, Okpokwu, Ohimini, Guma, Otukpo, Apa, Gwer-West, Oju, Obi, Katsina-Ala and Logo.

On the other hand, Buhari won in Tarka, Gboko, Gwer-East, Ushongo, Konshi‎sha, Makurdi, Vandeikya, Buruku and Kwande.

The details of the results are presented local government -by-local government below:

Gboko LG

APC 54,065
PDP 22,971
Tarka LG
APC 15,037
PDP 4,134

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Gwer East LG
APC 19,873
PDP 14,363
Ushongo LG
APC 20,958
PDP 13,160
Kwande  LG
APC 31,896
PDP 15,483
Konshisha LG
APC 34,344
PDP 6,957
Buruku LG
APC 23,397
PDP 15,407
Guma LG
APC 9,952
PDP 15, 521
Otukpo LG
APC 13,591
PDP 17,591
Apa LG
APC 4,526
PDP 6,450
Gwer West LG
APC 9,649
PDP 12,246
Oju LG
APC 10,821
PDP 14,617
Obi LG
APC 3,936
PDP 9,097
‎Ogbadibo LG
PDP 6,937
APC 6,257
Agatu LG
PDP 7, 382
APC 2, 328
Okpokwu LG
PDP 12,103
APC,4,757
Ohimini LG
PDP 5,909
APC 4,734
Ado LG
PDP 7, 382
APC 2, 328
Katsina-Ala LG
PDP 27,094
APC 13,059‎
Logo LG
PDP ‎16,167
APC 6,376

Vandeikya LG

PDP, 14,080

APC, 26,343
Ukum LG

PDP 16,774

APC, 15,639

Makurdi LG

PDP ‎19,739

APC 38,685

Grand Total

APC: 373,961

PDP: 303,737