THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the chairmanship and councillorship positions in the local government election held on Saturday, October 5, in Benue State. 

The chairman of Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC), Richard Tombowua, announced the results on Sunday, October 6, at the commission’s headquarters.

He said APC candidates won all 23 chairmanships and 276 councillorship positions contested in the poll.

“The election held yesterday across the state went off without a hitch; it was free and fair, and the returning officers have submitted all the results from the field.

“From the results, the All Progressives Congress won all 23 chairmanship and 276 councillorship positions,” Tombowua declared.

He noted that five political parties that submitted lists of candidates participated in the exercise.

The parties were the APC, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

Addressing journalists on Saturday while the election was going on, Tombowua noted that voters’ turnout was unprecedented.

He said the election was relatively peaceful.

However, The ICIR reports that a few incidents were witnessed in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states where local government elections also took place on Saturday.

The ICIR reported that an explosion rocked the APC secretariat in Port Harcourt before the commencement of the local government poll in River State and a fire incident at the Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission (AKISIEC) in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area that led to reinforcement of security operatives.