Reports from Benue State indicated that Jonathan was in the lead in five local governments areas so far collated.
The INEC resident electoral officer (REC) in the state, Mr Istafanus Dafwang, who received the results from collation officers at Makurdi, revealed that they were from the Benue South senatorial district.
The results in Benue North East and Benue North West senatorial districts were yet to be collated.
The already announced LGAs include Ado, Okpokwu, Ohimini, Agatu and Ogbadibo respectively. The results indicated that in Ado, Jonathan polled 7,382 to Buhari’s 2,328 votes.
In Okpokwu LGA, Jonathan scored 12,103 votes, while Buhari got 4,757, and in Ohimini, the president led with 5,909 against Buhari’s 4,734.
Jonathan also defeated Buhari in Agatu, home of the PDP deputy governorship candidate in Benue, John Ngbede, with a wide margin of 9,555 votes against 3,627. In Ogbadibo, it was a slim win for the president as he got 6,937 votes to main rival’s 6,257 votes.
Meanwhile, the APC in the state has accused the ruling PDP of trying to manipulate the results of presidential and National Assembly elections in the three senatorial districts of the state.
The media director of Ortom/Abounu governorship campaign organization, Mr Tahav Agerzua, who made this allegation in a statement said, “Especially in the Benue North senatorial District where APC has won obviously, the PDP is trying to manipulate it.”
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