How Omo-Agege lost gov election in Delta

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Delta State, Ovie Omo-Agege, on Monday lost the governorship seat to the Peoples Democratic Party’s Sheriff Oborevwori.

In the governorship election that took place on Saturday, Omo-Agege polled a total of  240,229 votes which was 120,005 votes short of what his counterpart in the PDP polled. Oborevwori secured 360,234 total votes.

Despite being the deputy president of the Senate and the senator representing the Delta State Central Senatorial District, Omo-Agege won in only four local governments out of 25 local government areas in the state.

The State Returning Officer, Prof Georgewill Abraham, while declaring Oborevwori as the winner of the governorship election at the INEC headquarters in Asaba, said the PDP candidate “having met the requirement of the law, is hereby declared the winner and returned as governor-elect.”

The results of the PDP and APC candidates from the 25 local governments as announced by INEC are as follows;

Ika North-East:

APC-4,733
PDP-26,760

Aniocha North LG:

APC – 4,386
PDP – 8,938

Ndokwa East LG:

APC – 9,044

PDP – 10,146

Ika South:

APC 6,790

PDP 15,283

Patani LG:

APC 4,743

PDP 6,069

Udu LG:

APC 13,154

PDP 9,746

Sapele LG:

APC 12,090

PDP 15,217

Aniocha South:

APC 4,622

PDP 10,032

Uvwie LG:

APC 12,389

PDP 9,776

Okpe LG:

APC 8,679

PDP 14,544

Bomadi LG:

APC 4728

PDP 12340

Ethiope East LG:

APC 11,600

PDP 13,030

Oshimili North LG:

APC 5,329

PDP 35,966

Warri South LG:

APC 11,569

PDP 15,299

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