George Akume, the Senate minority leader, has defeated Mike Mku of the PDP to retain his seat in the Senate of the National Assembly. Announcing the results on Monday in Makurdi, the returning officer for Benue West Senatorial constituency, Oku Oto, said Akume polled 168,806 to beat Mku who had 110,
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