Read what David Mark told his opponent after winning election rerun in Benue

– Former Senate president president wants to forget election struggles immediately

– Calls for support in moving Idomaland forward

Former Senate president Senator David Mark has extended an olive branch to his counterpart at the All Progressives Congress (APC), David Onjeh after defeating the latter in yesterday’s south senatorial district rerun election in Benue state.

According to The Nation, David Mark has asked Onjeh to join him in moving Idomaland forward in spite of his loss at the polls.

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Mr Mark won with a margin of 12, 571, polling 84, 192 votes as Onjeh of the APC polled 71, 621 votes.

Mark won in five local government areas while Onjeh won in four as declared by Professor Ishaku Enigi.

He said: “I want to thank all sons and daughters of Idomaland because this victory is for us, not for David Mark. I also want to urged those whose political interest might have clashed with mine to join hands with me in moving Idomaland forward.

“I want to thank the people of zone c for their support and promised that I will not disappoint them.”

Meanwhile, deputy Senate president Ike Ekweremadu has also reacted to Mark’s victory at the polls, stating with assurance that if the election were to be conducted a million times, his former president would win as many times as possible.

“I congratulate Senator Mark and our loyal party men and women on this well-deserved victory, which reaffirms his previous victory in April 2015.

“We have always been confident that even if the election should be conducted a million times, PDP and Senator Mark would still win as many times,” a statement issued today, February 21, by Uche Anichukwu, Ekweremadu’s special adviser on media and publicity read.

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