The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Governor (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa as the winner of governorship election in Delta State.
Announcing the results on Monday in Asaba, the State Returning Officer of INEC, Prof. Seth Accra-Jaja, said, “I hereby certify that I was the State Returning Officer for March Governorship election.
“The election was keenly contested by different candidates and Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa of the PDP polled a total number of 925,274 votes to defeat his first runner up, Chief Great Ogboru of the All Progressive Congress who polled a total of 215,938 votes.’’
He said that the total number of registered voters in the state was 2,831,205, adding that the total number of accredited voters was 1,188,784.
According to him, the total number of rejected votes is 24,147 and the total number of votes cast is 1,178,335, while the total number of valid votes is 1,154,188.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okowa won in 23 out of the 25 local government areas of the state.
Consequently, representatives of different political parties signed the result sheet provided by INEC except APC agents who refused to sign for alleged discrepancies in the election results.
(NAN)