The Benue State governorship Collation/Returning Officer, Mr.
Sabastine Maimako on Sunday declared the governorship candidate of
the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Samuel Ortom, as the winner of
the March 9 governorship election.
He said Ortom, who is the incumbent governor, polled 434,473
votes to defeat his closest opponent, Mr. Emmanuel Jime, candidate
of the All Progressives Congress who scored 345,155 votes.
He said that Ortom, “having polled the highest number of votes
at this election, is hereby declared winner.”
Maimako said the total registered votes were 2,471,894, total
accredited voters were 858,947, while total valid votes stood at
830,954.
He sad total rejected votes were 15,268, while the margin of
lead between the winner and his closest rival was 89,318 votes.
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EFCC Declares Spymaster, Ayodele Oke Wanted
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has declared
a former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency
(NIA), Ambassador Ayodele Oke and his wife, Folasade, wanted after
they failed to answer for fraud charges filed against them.
Justice Chukwujeku Aneke of a Federal High Court Lagos, had on
February 7, 2019 issued an arrest warrant on them, consequent upon
an oral application by counsel for the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo.
Oke and his wife are wanted in connection with the $43,449,947,
£27,800 and N23,218,000 cash recovered by the EFCC from an
apartment at Osborne Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, in April 2017.
They are facing a four-count charge bordering on money
laundering offence to the tune of N13 billion.
One of the counts reads: “That you, Amb. Ayodele Oke and Mrs.
Folasade Ayodele Oke between 25th day of August 2015 and 2nd day of
September 2015 in Lagos, with in the jurisdiction of this court
directly converted $160,777,136.85 property of the Federal
Government of Nigeria to your own use which sum you reasonably
ought to have known formed part of proceeds of an unlawful act to
wit: criminal breach of trust and you thereby committed an offence
contrary to Section 15 (2) (d) of the Money Laundering
(Prohibition) (Amendment) Act 2012 and punishable under Section
15(3) of the same Act”.
Tony Orilade
Ag. Head, Media & Publicity