Benue South Senatorial District

Benue South Senatorial District covers Ado, Agatu, Apa, Obi, Ogbadibo, Ohimini, Oju, Okpokwu, Otukpo and Gboko.[1] Nigeria’s longest serving senator, David Mark who was president of the 6th and 7th Assembly is from here. David Mark was first elected in 1999 and left at the end of his 5th term in the Senate in 2019 (after serving for 20 years).[2][3] The current representative of Benue South is Abba Moro of the People's Democratic Party, PDP.[4][5]

List of senators from Benue South
Senator Party Year Assembly Electoral history
David Mark PDP 1999 - 2019 4th

5th

6th (President of the Senate)

7th (President of the Senate)

8th
Abba Moro PDP 2019 - Present 9th

References
  1. "'Electoral body, security agencies conspired to scuttle Benue South peoples' wish'". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  2. Published. "High expectations as Benue South elects another senator after Mark's 20-year representation". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  3. editor (2019-05-06). "Mark Begins Thank You Tour of Benue South after Spending 20 Years in Senate". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 2020-05-16.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  4. Staff, Daily Post (2019-06-12). "Abba Moro replaces Senator David Mark in Benue South after 20 years". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  5. Emmanuel, Hope Abah; Makurdi (2019-02-26). "Abba Moro wins Benue South Senate seat". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2020-05-16.

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