Former governor of Benue State and incumbent Senator representing Benue North-West Senatorial district, George Akume, has lost his bid to return to the Senate for the fourth time, Igbere TV reports.
This is coming less than 24 hours after Senator Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) lost his bid to return to the Senate on the platform of the APC.
Igbere TV reprorts that Mr. Akume of the All Progressives Congress was defeated by the Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Orker Jev, a member of the House of Representatives.
The PDP candidate polled 157,726 against Mr. Akume’s 115,422 votes.
Mr Akume fell out with the state governor, Samuel Ortom, in 2018 when some communities of the state were ravaged by suspected herdsmen.
He is the latest senator to lose a return bid after Senate president, Bukola Saraki of Kwara, and former minority leader, Godswill Akpabio, also lost out.
