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Benue North-West senatorial district

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Benue North-West senatorial district is well known as Zone B in Benue State.[1][2] The senatorial district has seven local governments which include Buruku, Gboko, Tarka, Guma, Makurdi, Gwer and Gwer West. There are 90 electoral wards and 1,286 polling units as of 2019 polls. The current representative of Benue North-West senatorial district is Titus Zam of the All Progressives Congress, APC.[3]

List of senators representing Benue North-West District

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Senator Party Year Assembly
Iyorchia Ayu 1992–1993 3rd
Joseph Waku 1999–2003 4th
Joshua Adagba PDP 2003–2005 5th[a]
Fred Orti PDP 2005–2007 5th[a]
George Akume

PDP (2007–2011)
ACN (2011–2015)
APC (2015–2019)

2007–2019 6th, 7th, 8th
Emmanuel Orker-Jev PDP 2019–2023 9th
Titus Zam All Progressives Congress 2023–present 10th

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Joshua Adagba died in office on 27 July 2005. Fred Orti completed the remained of Adagba's tenure.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Observer group wants elections cancelled in Benue North West". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  2. ^ Njoku, Ime (2019-02-26). "2019 Elections: PDP wins Benue Northwest Senatorial elections". Voice of Nigeria. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  3. ^ "Benue North-West: Again Sen. Orker Jev defeats Akume at Appeal Court". The Sun Nigeria. 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2020-05-16.