Presidential poll: Gov Okowa loses Delta to Obi

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday declared the candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, as the winner of last Saturday’s presidential election held in Delta State.

It was gathered the governor of Delta state Senator Ifeanyi Okowa who doubled as the vice presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, lost his home state to the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi at the Saturday’s presidential election.

The State Presidential Election Collation Officer, Prof. Owunari Abraham Georgewill, mad the announcement at the collation centre in INEC State Head Office in Asaba on Tuesday.

The collation officer Georgewill from the University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, announced the results after the collation of results from the 25 local government councils in the state.

According to him, the LP candidate, Peter Obi, polled 341,866 votes to defeat his major river, Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar, whose running mate, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, is the governor of Delta.

Presidential Results of Delta State.

Total Registered Voters – 3,225,046

Accredited Voters – 667,149

A -979

AA -229

AAC -357

ADC -160

ADP -788

APC -90,183

APGA -3,746

APM -1,028

APP -493

BP -1,016

LP -341,866

NNPP -3,122

MRM -988

PDP -161,600

PRP -334

SDP -3,071

YPP -605

ZLP -3,324

Total Valued Votes -615,342

Rejected Votes -39,309

Total Votes Cast -654,650