Political Career
Despite being one of the longest running governors of the state, the capital Makurdi and other local government areas were left worse off than when he arrived in terms of infrastructural development and state GDP. In 2007, he won elections to represent the people of Benue as a senator for Benue North West in Nigeria's legislative arm of government. Akume was reelected Senator for Benue NW in the April 2011 elections, running on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform. He polled 261,726 votes, defeating Terngu Tsegba of the PDP who won 143,354 votes.
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