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JUST IN: INEC Declares Okowa Governor-Elect After Defeating Ogboru With 925,274 Votes

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The PDP governorship candidate and incumbent Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi has been reelected after defeating Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru, APC governorship candidate in the 2019 governorship election held on Saturday March 9, 2019.

State collation officer, Prof. Serth Accra Jaja while giving details of the results, 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 score as collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, 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. Serth Accra Jaja after the signing of results sheets formally declared Okowa winner of the keenly contested governorship election at about 12:30pm.

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