By Peter Duru, Makurdi

Former Governor of Benue state and lawmaker representing Benue North East Senatorial District, Senator Gabriel Suswam has lost his bid to return to the Senate.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate lost his seat to the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Mr Emmanuel Udende after polling 107,303 votes in Saturday’s election as against the 141,405 votes garnered by the APC candidate.

Senator Suswam’s defeat capped the poor showing of PDP candidates in his senatorial zone where the three House of Representatives seats in the district were all taken by the APC.