PDP’s Sheriff Defeats Omo-Agege In Delta Guber Race

The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s Gubernatorial election.

According to Delta State’s INEC Returning Officer, Prof Georgewill Owuneri Abraham, who announced the result at the INEC headquarters in Asaba on Monday, Oborevwori polled 360, 234 votes to defeat his closest rival of the All Progressives Congressive (APC), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who scored 240,229.

The Labour Party candidate, Ken Pela, polled 48,047 votes to take the third position.

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Abraham said, “The PDP candidate, having met the requirement of the law, is hereby declared the winner and returned as Governor-elect.”

Earlier, the PDP in Delta urged Senator Ovie Omo-Agege to accept the outcome of the governorship election in the state and congratulate Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori.

Victor Ezeja

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