Gemade’s son loses Benue APC Reps primary election
Vandefan Gemade, son of Senator Barnabas Gemade, has lost his bid to secure the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for the Vandeikya/Konshisha Federal Constituency.
Mr Gemade’s loss was made known during the declaration of results of the APC House of Representatives primaries by the National Assembly Primary Election Committee for Benue on Sunday in Makurdi.
Apart from being one of the leading supporters of Governor Hyacinth Alia, Senator Gemade is the Chairman of the APC Elders Forum in Benue.
The chairman of the committee, Sabiu Mahuta, announced that Livinus Tsar, a close ally of Mr Alia, emerged as the winner of the primary with 28,549 votes.
According to Mr Mahuta, Mr Gemade polled 225 votes in the exercise.
He further stated that the incumbent lawmaker representing the constituency, Sesoo Gboko, scored 693 votes, while the member representing Konshisha State Constituency, Cephas Dyako, secured 62 votes.
A total of 14 aspirants participated in the primary election.
(NAN)
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