Over 180 candidates set to contest LG elections in Benue

Over 180 aspirants have purchased forms to run in the forthcoming local government elections in Benue State.

Out of that figure, 178 were of the All Progressives Congress (APC), while only 7 had purchased on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yet.

According to the state publicity director of  the APC, John Ikwulono, 134 candidates bought forms for chancellorship and 34 for chairmanship positions.

The PDP state publicity secretary, Bemgba Iortyom also confirmed that 5 candidates purchased forms for chancellorship and 2 for chairmanship. He however said many of their members had indicated interest and will be purchasing their forms in the next few days.

Chairman of the Labour Party in the state, Engr Ochai Ogebe promised to make their figures public in due course.