#APCPrimaries: Serving Benue Lawmaker, Godday Samuel Loses APC Ticket

Godday Samuel, a serving Benue lawmaker, has lost APC ticket.

Newsone reports that the lawmaker representing Apa/Agatu Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Godday Samuel Adagboyi, has lost his return bid ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party.

This online news platform understands that Godday Samuel, who contested for the APC ticket in the just-concluded primaries of the party in Benue State, lost to business mogul, Adama Joseph Adama, popularly known as Otalaka.

Newsone Nigeria reports that Godday Samuel’s defeat brings the number of serving lawmakers who lost their return bid tickets in Benue to four.

Among those who earlier lost at the primaries of the party were Mr. Mark Gbillah representing Gwer East/Gwer West Federal Constituency, Francis Agbo representing Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency and Kpam Sokpo of Buruku Federal Constituency, all of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Announcing the result on Saturday, the Electoral Committee led by Samuel Shagbaor (Chairman) and Franklin Shankodi (Secretary), said Adama polled 21,747 votes to beat the incumbent, Godday Samuel Odagboyi, who scored 3,151 votes in the direct mode primaries.

Newsone recalls that Godday won the Apa/Agatu Federal Constituency seat on the platform of the Labour Party in 2019 but later defected to the ruling APC last year June.

Meanwhile, Newsone reports that failure at the APC Primaries is coming a few weeks after some of his constituents petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission over the alleged involvement of the lawmaker in COVID-19 loan kickbacks.