 Benway State Governor Samuel Atom has lost his bid to clinch the Benway Not-West Senatorial seat to a former aide, Chief Titus Zem, of the All Progressives Congress. Returning officer Professor Ruth Rufus-Chateau declared Zem as winner of the election for Benway Not-West Senatorial District at exactly 3.12 p.m. at Inak office in Makodi. Zem scored a total of 143,151 to a match winner as against the People's Democratic Party's Samuel Atom, who pulled a total of 106,882 to come second while the candidate of the Labour Party and a member of the House of Representatives, Mark Beeler, had a total of 51,950 votes. Zem Titus, tired Tenge, male of the APC Political Party, 143,151 votes. Atom Samuel, your IA, male of the PDP Political Party, 106,882 votes. Beeler, Mark, Tesser, male of the LP Political Party, 51,950 votes. That Zem Titus, tired Tenge, of APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law, is hereby declared the winner. It's a referendum of the people of my Senatorial District on the quality of leadership that my opponent, Samuel Atom, has provided to the people of Benway State. The fact that he has been beaten free and square means that Samuel Atom's leadership has given up Benway State has not been accepted by the majority of the people of Benway State. So like every other referendum, it is very clear that APC has taken over Benway State.