Supreme court affirms Samuel Ortom’s Election as Benue Governor

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81 Herdsmen convicted and 3,000 cows have been arrested under Benue State's grazing law - Governor Samuel Ortom

The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Samuel Ortom as the Governor of Benue state.

The panel of seven Justices led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour dismissed the appeal filed by the APC and its governorship candidate, Emmanuel Jime, for lacking in merit.

Supreme court affirms Samuel Ortom's election as Benue Governor

Ortom polled a total of 434,473 votes to beat Mr Jime who got 345,155 votes during the March 2019 state governorship supplementary election.

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