The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the seating governor of Benue state Samuel Ortom has clinched the ticket of the PDP.
He defeated three other contestants; John Tondo, Paul Orhii and Felix Atume at the primary election.
The Chairman, PDP Electoral Panel for the state, Hajia Zainab Maina, announced that Ortom scored 2,210 votes to emerge winner, while Tondo got 475 votes. Atume and Orhii polled 44 and 10 votes respectively.
No invalid votes were recorded during the election.
