CANDIDATE of the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Emmanuel Aguariavwodo, Saturday, won the Delta Central Senatorial by-election in a landslide, polling a
total of 263, 024 votes to beat his closest opponent,
Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Emmanuel Aguariavwodo, Saturday, won the Delta Central Senatorial by-election in a landslide, polling a
total of 263, 024 votes to beat his closest opponent,
The candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, Chief Ede Dafinone, scored 29,055 votes in the election that was conducted amid tight security in the entire eight Local Government Areas that make up the senatorial district.
Announcing the result at about 5:45am, Sunday, the Chief Returning Officer, Prof John Arubaye declared Chief Andi Osawota of the Labour Party fourth with 1,602 votes.
Arubaye who announced the result under tight security, said the PDP polled 51, 387 votes in Ughelli North, while the DPP, APC, LP and APGA had 5,706, 11,138, 763, 1,211 votes respectively, defeating the APC, Chief O’tega Emerhor and Chief Andi Osawota in their home Local Government Area.
Chief O’Tega Emerhor of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who scored 29,075 votes.
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