The Independent National Electoral l Commission on
Monday declared Ifeanyi okowa, the candidate of the peoples Democratic Party,Winner er of Saturday's governorship election in Delta state.

The Returning Officer for the election , Bio Nyanayo
announced in Asaba, the Delta
state capital, that Mr. OKOWA polled 724,680 votes to beat his closest rival, Great Ogboru of the Labour Party, who got 130,028 votes.

O’tega Emerhor of the All
Progressives Congress finished
3rd with 67,825 votes.
Mr. Nyananyo said Mr. Okowa
won in 21 local government
areas out of the 25 in the state
while Mr. Ogboru clinched the
remaining four LGAs.
“Okowa, having won the
highest votes in the elections,
which was contested and
having satisfied the provisions
of the law is hereby returned as
winner and governorship-elect
for Delta,” he declared.

He announced that 18 political parties participated in the
governorship election while there were 2, 044,372 registered voters and 1,017,796 accredited voters.

He said the exercise recorded
931,808 valid votes while24,913 b

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