Governor Ortom defeated in senatorial election by APC candidate

Governor Samuel Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party has lost his senatorial bid to Titus Zam of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate.

Rufus Shaato, the returning officer for Benue north-west senatorial election, announced on Monday, February 27, that Zam raked in 143,151 votes to defeat Ortom who got 106,882 votes.

Governor Ortom was part of a five-member group of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) “G-5 governors” who are at loggerheads with the national leadership of the party.

Ortom had also said earlier that he is ready to lose his senatorial bid to ensure Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) wins the 2023 presidential election.