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  • INEC formally declares Okowa winner

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Delta State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ifeanyi Okowa winner of the March 9 governorship election held in the State.

    TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Okowa was declared winner by Prof. Serth Accra Jaja, INEC State collation officer, defeating Great Ogboru of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    While giving details of the results, Prof. Jaja said the state has a total of 2,831,205 registered voters, adding that 1,188,784 were accredited.

    He said a total of 1,178,335 votes were cast during the election, out of which 1,154,188 votes were valid while 24,147 were rejected.

    In the final result as collated, APC scored 215,938 while PDP polled 925,274 votes.

    The various political parties agents signed the result sheet before the formal declaration of winner.

    INEC’s State collation officer, Prof. Jaja after the signing of results sheets formally declared Okowa winner at about 12:30pm.

    How the 25 LGAs in Delta State voted

    01. Ukwuani
    APC – 7264
    PDP – 18,328

    02. Ethiope East
    APC – 21,141
    PDP – 11,489

    03. Ethiope West
    APC – 6,211
    PDP – 62,044

    04. Ika South
    APC – 3,877
    PDP – 33,371

    05. Ika North East
    APC – 2,303
    PDP – 67,417

    06. Patani
    APC – 3,288
    PDP – 19,683

    07. Oshimili South
    APC – 2,700
    PDP – 54,766

    08. Okpe
    APC – 9,424
    PDP – 20,415

    09. Aniocha North
    APC – 4,653
    PDP – 17,054

    10. Aniocha South
    APC – 3,138
    PDP – 20,947

    11. Isoko South
    APC – 14,259
    PDP – 43,730

    12. Oshimili North
    APC – 2,906
    PDP – 37,744

    13. Isoko North
    APC – 9,817
    PDP – 29,648

    14. Sapele
    APC – 10,457
    PDP – 18,572

    15. Ndokwa East
    APC – 4,306
    PDP – 30,670

    16. Ughelli South
    APC – 20,233
    PDP – 32,086

    17. Udu
    APC – 8,605
    PDP – 9,042

    18. Warri South
    APC – 12,982
    PDP – 34,977

    19. Bomadi
    APC – 4,437
    PDP – 63,851

    20. Uvwie
    APC – 10,467
    PDP – 15,455

    21. Warri South West
    APC – 10,906
    PDP – 139,534

    22. Warri North
    APC – 11,116
    PDP – 44,713

    23. Ughelli North
    APC – 22,081
    PDP – 19, 045

    24. Burutu
    APC – 3,645
    PDP – 49,722

    25. Ndokwa West
    APC – 5,722
    PDP – 30,971

    APC wants election result in Delta cancelled

    Meanwhile, the APC in Delta State has called for the cancellation of result of the March 9 elections held in the State, citing various reasons.

    The APC in the State called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to cancel the governorship election result, accusing the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of ballot snatching, over voting, buying of votes and impunity during the Saturday election.

    The Delta State APC Campaign Council and the governorship candidate of the party, Great Ovedje Ogboru had also condemned the conduct of the governorship and state assembly elections.

    In a statement, the party Chairman, Prophet Jones Erue said the election was marred by violence, he said led to the death of three persons.

    Erue said the March 9 election was the worst election ever conducted in the State, he alleges PDP thugs armed with weapons, snatched and burnt ballot papers and result sheets in APC strong-holds.

    He also alleges that from Delta North to South and Central, PDP thugs had exhibited a rapacious thirst for blood and an eerie appetite for violence as they left many innocent voters in pool of blood, accusing security agents of aiding PDP thugs to cart away ballot boxes at the unit, wards and collation centers.

    “The object of their gory adventure was to tilt the election results in favour of the PDP. This unpatriotic and satanic objective was indeed achieved but not without exposing their unabashed criminality to grab power so they can subject Deltans to another four years of exploitation and crude pillage of our collective patrimony.

    “Indeed the disparity between the INEC card readers and records of accreditation and the votes being declared at the Collation Centers across the state exposed their crass breach of the electoral process and villainous infringement of the law, since the INEC Chairman, Prof. Yakubu had stated that where there are more voters than the number recorded by the card readers, the results in that area shall be annulled.

    “Delta APC condemns and rejects in totality the result of the governorship election held in Delta state on Saturday, March 9, 2019 and call on the INEC Chairman to instantly annul the result and to re-conduct same in the nearest date possible in line with extant laws and with all necessary logistics put in place to ensure a free and fair election.

    “INEC has already demonstrated its preparedness to apply drastic measures where there is a clear breach of the electoral process through its suspension of the Rivers state election and we urge the electoral umpire to apply same rule in the case of Delta to further underscore its consistency, commitment and determination to conduct a free and fair elections in all states in Nigeria,” Erue said.

     

  • How The 25 LGAs Voted In Delta State

    How The 25 LGAs Voted In Delta State

    The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has commenced the collation of Delta State Governorship Election Results at the collation centre, Asaba , the Delta State capital.

    Okowa’s PDP won in 23 LGAs, while Ogboru’s APC has 2.

    Check out the results below:

     

    1. Ukwuani

    APC – 7264

    PDP – 18,328

     

    1. Ethiope East

    APC – 21,141

    PDP – 11,489

     

    1. Ethiope West

    APC – 6,211

    PDP – 62,044

     

    1. Ika South

    APC – 3,877

    PDP – 33,371

     

    1. Ika North East

    APC – 2,303

    PDP – 67,417

     

    1. Patani

    APC – 3,288

    PDP – 19,683

     

    1. Oshimili South

    APC – 2,700

    PDP – 54,766

     

    1. Okpe

    APC – 9,424

    PDP – 20,415

     

    1. Aniocha North

    APC – 4,653

    PDP – 17,054

     

    1. Aniocha South

    APC – 3,138

    PDP – 20,947

     

    1. Isoko South

    APC – 14,259

    PDP – 43,730

     

    1. Oshimili North

    APC – 2,906

    PDP – 37,744

     

    1. Isoko North

    APC – 9,817

    PDP – 29,648

     

    1. Sapele

    APC – 10,457

    PDP – 18,572

     

    1. Ndokwa East

    APC – 4,306

    PDP – 30,670

     

    1. Ughelli South

    APC – 20,233

    PDP – 32,086

     

    1. Udu

    APC – 8,605

    PDP – 9,042

     

    1. Warri South

    APC – 12,982

    PDP – 34,977

     

    1. Bomadi

    APC – 4,437

    PDP – 63,851

     

    1. Uvwie

    APC – 10,467

    PDP – 15,455

     

    1. Warri South West

    APC – 10,906

    PDP – 139,534Updated To 21 LGAs Delta Results

     

    2019 Delta Guber Official Results as Declared By INEC so far. Okowa’s PDP leading in 19 LGAs, while Ogboru’s APC has 2.

     

    1. Ukwuani

    APC – 7264

    PDP – 18,328

     

    1. Ethiope East

    APC – 21,141

    PDP – 11,489

     

    1. Ethiope West

    APC – 6,211

    PDP – 62,044

     

    1. Ika South

    APC – 3,877

    PDP – 33,371

     

    1. Ika North East

    APC – 2,303

    PDP – 67,417

     

    1. Patani

    APC – 3,288

    PDP – 19,683

     

    1. Oshimili South

    APC – 2,700

    PDP – 54,766

     

    1. Okpe

    APC – 9,424

    PDP – 20,415

     

    1. Aniocha North

    APC – 4,653

    PDP – 17,054

     

    1. Aniocha South

    APC – 3,138

    PDP – 20,947

     

    1. Isoko South

    APC – 14,259

    PDP – 43,730

     

    1. Oshimili North

    APC – 2,906

    PDP – 37,744

     

    1. Isoko North

    APC – 9,817

    PDP – 29,648

     

    1. Sapele

    APC – 10,457

    PDP – 18,572

     

    1. Ndokwa East

    APC – 4,306

    PDP – 30,670

     

    1. Ughelli South

    APC – 20,233

    PDP – 32,086

     

    1. Udu

    APC – 8,605

    PDP – 9,042

     

    1. Warri South

    APC – 12,982

    PDP – 34,977

     

    1. Bomadi

    APC – 4,437

    PDP – 63,851

     

    1. Uvwie

    APC – 10,467

    PDP – 15,455

     

    1. Warri South West

    APC – 10,906

    PDP – 139,534

     

    1. Warri North

    APC – 11,116

    PDP – 44,713

     

    1. Ughelli North

    APC – 22,081

    PDP – 19, 045

     

    1. Burutu

    APC – 3,645

    PDP – 49,722

     

    1. Ndokwa West

    APC – 5,722

    PDP – 30,971

  • APC wants election result in Delta cancelled

    APC wants election result in Delta cancelled

    The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta State has called for the cancellation of result of the March 9 elections held in the State, citing various reasons.

    The APC in the State called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to cancel the governorship election result, accusing the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of ballot snatching, over voting, buying of votes and impunity during the Saturday election.

    The Delta State APC Campaign Council and the governorship candidate of the party, Great Ovedje Ogboru had also condemned the conduct of the governorship and state assembly elections.

    In a statement, the party Chairman, Prophet Jones Erue said the election was marred by violence, he said led to the death of three persons.

    Erue said the March 9 election was the worst election ever conducted in the State, he alleges PDP thugs armed with weapons, snatched and burnt ballot papers and result sheets in APC strong-holds.

    He also alleges that from Delta North to South and Central, PDP thugs had exhibited a rapacious thirst for blood and an eerie appetite for violence as they left many innocent voters in pool of blood, accusing security agents of aiding PDP thugs to cart away ballot boxes at the unit, wards and collation centers.

    “The object of their gory adventure was to tilt the election results in favour of the PDP. This unpatriotic and satanic objective was indeed achieved but not without exposing their unabashed criminality to grab power so they can subject Deltans to another four years of exploitation and crude pillage of our collective patrimony.

    “Indeed the disparity between the INEC card readers and records of accreditation and the votes being declared at the Collation Centers across the state exposed their crass breach of the electoral process and villainous infringement of the law, since the INEC Chairman, Prof. Yakubu had stated that where there are more voters than the number recorded by the card readers, the results in that area shall be annulled.

    “Delta APC condemns and rejects in totality the result of the governorship election held in Delta state on Saturday, March 9, 2019 and call on the INEC Chairman to instantly annul the result and to re-conduct same in the nearest date possible in line with extant laws and with all necessary logistics put in place to ensure a free and fair election.

    “INEC has already demonstrated its preparedness to apply drastic measures where there is a clear breach of the electoral process through its suspension of the Rivers state election and we urge the electoral umpire to apply same rule in the case of Delta to further underscore its consistency, commitment and determination to conduct a free and fair elections in all states in Nigeria,” Erue said.

     

  • Governorship poll: Okowa clears 13 out of 14 LGAs so far declared

    Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the Governorship election in 13 out of the 14 local government areas so far declared by the Independent National electoral Commission (INEC).

    The State Returning Officer, Prof. Seth Jaja, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa, announced the results at the INEC office in Asaba on Sunday.

    Jaja declared Chief Great Ogboru of All Progressive Congress (APC) winner in one of the local government areas.

    Okowa won in Ukwuani Local Government Area (LGA), where he polled 18,328 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Ogboru who scored 7,264 votes.

    In Patani, Okowa recorded 19,683 votes as against Ogboru’s 3, 288 votes just as he polled 33,371 votes in Ika South as against Ogboru’s 3,877 votes.

    Okowa also won in Ika North East with 67,417 votes while the APC candidate polled 2303 votes.

    In Okpe LGA, Okowa polled 20,415 votes to defeat his closest APC opponent who got 9424 votes as the governor also defeated Ogboru in Aniocha North with 17,054 votes while he (Ogboru) got 4653 votes.

    The PDP candidate secured 62,044 votes in Ethiope West, while Ogboru scored a total of 6211 votes and in Aniocha South, Okowa defeated his closest with 20,947 votes as against his 3138 votes.

    Others LGAs won by Okowa are Isoko South where he recorded 43730 votes, while Ogboru had 14,259 votes and Oshimili North where he had 37,744 votes, as Ogboru secured 2906 votes.

    In Isoko North, Okowa defeated Ogboru with a total of 29,648 votes as against his 9817 votes, while in Sapele, the governor polled 18,572 votes and Ogboru garnered 10457 votes.

    Okowa also defeated the APC candidate in Ndokwa East with 30,670 votes as against 4306 votes recorded by him.

    Jaja declared Ogboru winner in Ethiope East LGA, where he polled 21,141 votes as the PDP candidate got 11,489.

    The ongoing collation of results is supervised by the Delta Resident Election Commissioner, Dr Cyril Omorogbe.

     

  • Police in Delta confirm 4 missing in boat mishap

    Police in Delta confirm 4 missing in boat mishap

    Police in Delta have confirmed four persons missing in a boat mishap which occurred in the Benin River, Warri North Local Government Area of the state.

    The Acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, ASP Chucks Orisewezie confirmed the incident to newsmen on Sunday in Warri.

    Orisewezie said, ” a boat loaded with 22 persons which left Ebrohimi community and headed for Koko capsized around Ureju community at about 01:20 hours.

    “The occupants of the boat were three policemen and 19 community people.

    “Eighteen persons, including the three policemen have been rescued, while search is still on for the remaining four missing persons.

    “Two of the rescued victims have been taken to the hospital for medical care.

    “I must clarify that there were no Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) staff or NYSC members on board just as there were no election materials in the boat.

    “Investigation into the incident is already on,” Orisewezie said.

    Also, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Delta, Dr Cyril Omorogbe, refuted reports that INEC staff were involved in the boat mishap.

    “I understand that my staff members and ad-hoc staff were not involved. They are safe.

    “I don’t think the mishap affected the materials because it happened later in the day, from what I know,” he said.

    Sources said the ill-fated boat was returning from an election duty in Ebrohimi community to Koko, the administrative headquarters of Warri North Local Government, when the incident happened.

     

  • PDP wins Warri South State Constituency

    Mathew Opuoru of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has emerged winner of the Warri South Constituency (Two) in Saturday’s Delta House of Assembly election.

    Dr Stella Omonigho, the Returning Officer announced the result on Sunday in Warri.

    Omonigho said Opuoru polled 6,769 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mike Okumagba of the All Progressive Congress (APC) who scored 4,853 votes.

    “Mr Mathew Opuoru having met the requirements of the law by scoring the highest number of votes is hereby declared winner of the Warri South Constituency Two House of Assembly Election’’, Omonigho said.

    Opuoru who spoke to reporters attributed his victory to divine intervention and support he enjoyed from the electorate.

    He urged those who contested against him to join him in the task of building the constituency.

    “I give thanks to God Almighty and all those who voted for me. I want the other candidates who participated in the election to assist me in working for the good of our constituency,” he said.

     

  • Breaking: Delta Speaker, Sheriff Oborevwori wins second term

    Breaking: Delta Speaker, Sheriff Oborevwori wins second term

    Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Sheriff Oborevwori, who is candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Okpe constituency, has been declared winner of the March 9 House of Assembly election that held in the State.

    TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Oborevwori was declared winner by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, Prof Emmanuel Ighodaro Irhabor.

    According to the INEC Returning Officer, Oborevwori polled a total of 20,784 votes to unsettle his closest rival, Harrison Akpojaro who polled 8,564 votes.

    After announcing the results, the INEC Returning Officer declared Oborevwori was returned elected.

    In a brief chat after the declaration, the elated Speaker thanked the people of Okpe Local Government Area for voting massively for him and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.

    While casting his vote at his polling unit in Osubi, the Speaker had hailed the massive turnout of voters for the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the Area.

    “I must say that I am impressed with the turnout of voters today (Saturday). The election is very peaceful here in my area and I want to commend the electorate for the massive turnout and their peaceful nature.

    “I am very sure of victory for our party, the PDP. We have worked hard in the last four years and I am optimistic that I will be re-elected and the same for our Governor. It will surely end in praise by the Grace of God”.

    Meanwhile, Prof. Irhabor, declaring the Governorship election results for the Area, said Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of the PDP polled 20,415 votes to Great Ogboru of the APC who scored 9,424 votes.

     

  • Governorship poll: Uduaghan hopeful of APC victory in Delta

    Governorship poll: Uduaghan hopeful of APC victory in Delta

    Former Delta Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, on Saturday expressed optimism that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would emerge victorious in the Saturday’s governorship and assembly elections.

    Uduaghan said this shortly after he cast his vote at about 12:05 a.m. in his hometown, Abigborodo in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta.

    ‘‘We are optimistic of winning the election but let me get the reports first because I don’t know what is happening in other areas.

    ‘‘I do not know whether people are behaving or misbehaving or there are security challenges in other areas. So, it is difficult to give verdict but I am optimistic,’’ he said.

    Uduaghan commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the early arrival of voting materials in Abigborodo

    On the security beefed up in Sapele, the former governor said it might not be unconnected with the violence in the last Presidential and National Assembly elections in which two persons were allegedly killed.

    ‘‘I think the security is tighter in these elections because of what happened in the previous elections.

    ‘‘The security agencies usually evaluate what is on ground based on information and of course, intelligence report.

    ‘‘So, maybe the security arrangement this time was because of the previous experience,’’ he said.

    Uduaghan, however, expressed joy at the turnout of voters.

     

  • Guber poll: Outlook of elections in Asaba as voting starts

    Accreditation and voting commenced early in some polling units in Asaba, Delta capital in the Saturday Governorship and House of Assembly elections.

    Accreditation and voting commenced in all the seven polling units at Uzoigwe Primary School, Ward 9 at 8: 25am and the Presiding Officer, Mr Udoka Orughi said all the card readers were functioning well.

    The exercise commenced at 8:15am at the Federal College of Education Ward 10 where the Presiding Officer, Margret Udo, said everything was going on fine.

    At St. John Bosco Ward 8, Unit 7, accreditation and voting commenced at 8: 21am and a voter, Mr Chris Uwa, said he had voted and was happy the exercise was peaceful and smooth.

    The Presiding Officer at AGGS Ward 7, Ode Simon, said however, that the officials and election materials arrived at the polling station at 7:30am but the exercise had yet to commence.

    He said there were very few voters and the officials were waiting for more voters to come before voting would commence.

    The Presiding Officer at Ward 11, Isioma Okonji, however, said that the smart card readers in ward had not been reconfigured and an INEC technician was reconfiguring them.

    She said that the exercise would commence in the 16 polling units immediately the cards were fixed, expressing worries that about an hour had already been lost.

    There was low turnout of voters in the polling stations visited while the atmosphere was peaceful.

     

  • Okowa rates INEC after casting ballot, expresses hope of winning

    Okowa rates INEC after casting ballot, expresses hope of winning

    Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has expressed confidence that he will emerge victorious in the March 9 governorship polls after casting his vote.

    TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Governor Okowa, adorning white long sleeve shirt, white trouser, white fez cap and black shoes, voted at Omi Primary School, Owa-Alero, Agbor.

    He was accompanied to the voting centre by his wife, Dame Edith and his children who voted in different polling units Ward 2, Omi Primary School, Owa-Alero, Ika North-East local government area of Delta State.

    The governor in a chat with news men shortly after casting his votes at Unit 3 at exactly 8.40 am, stated, “by the grace of God, I will emerge victorious; I have partnered with Deltans, I have worked with them, and by God’s grace, a lot of them will vote for me.

    “The only thing we are doing is to ensure that those who planned to use thugs to disrupt the elections will be handled by the security agencies because, aside plans to disrupt the elections, it would be a no contest situation”.

    He further stated that “So far, the electoral process is peaceful, and we pray to God that it remains peaceful; people are coming out in their large numbers to cast their votes, a lot of votes have been cast already despite the fact that it is still very early in the day; we hope that the voting process remains peaceful across the state.”

    On his assessment of the elections, the governor said, “I believe the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has done well, everything appears to be working well, but, the day is just starting and of course, we are still perfecting our system but, the best thing is the effectiveness of the response to handle any challenge as they occur by the INEC officials.

    “INEC did well to deploy a lot of youth corpers at each polling unit, that has made the job easy as they assist themselves, we can see that there is a lot of assistance to each other”.