Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State is on the verge of retaining his seat from a second term as results of the Saturday’s supplementary election have shown him leading with a clear margin.

Before the rerun, Ortom was leading Emmanuel Jime of the All Porgressives Congress with 81, 264 votes.

With the results announced so far, Ortom have cleared all the polling units where the rerun took place.

However, INEC has adjourned collation of results to 10 a.m. today after collating results of 16 local government areas.
The Local Government collated so far are:
1. Ushongo Local Government
APC-94
PDP-352
2. Makurdi Local Government
APC-550
PDP-182
3. Taka Local Government
APC-409
PDP-202
4.Otukpo Local Government
APC-255
PDP-250
5. Apa Local Government
APC-176
PDP-296
6. Ogbadibo Local Government
APC-241
PDP-467
7. Agatu Local Government
APC-0
PDP-144
8. Gwer West Local Government
APC-137
PDP-481
9. Kwande Local Government
APC-3
PDP-193
10. Buruku Local Government
APC-189
PDP-515
11. Ohimini Local Government
APC-2223
PDP-1928
12. Ukum Local Government
APC-65
PDP-616
13. Oju Local Government
APC-73
PDP-220
14. Gwer East Local Government
APC-709
PDP-2614
15. Logo Local Government
APC: 34
PDP: 651
16. Gboko Local Government
APC-1262
PDP-2055