* as APC’s Ogboru rejects poll results
Following Saturday’s governorship election held in Delta state, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and incumbent governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, is leading in 12 local governments while his arch rival, Chief Great Ogboru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won in one.
According to results being declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Chief Returning Officer in the state, Prof Seth Accra Jaja flanked by the INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr Cyril Omorogbe in Asaba, Ogboru has won in Ethiope East LG while Okowa has won in Ukwuani, Ethiope West, Okpe, Patani, Ika South, Ika North-East, Oshimili North, Oshimili South, Aniocha North, Aniocha South, Isoko South, and Isoko North.
Meanwhile, the State Agent of the APC, Barr. Turner Ogboru has called for the outright cancellation of the results being announced, claiming alleged voting.
He pointed out that contrary to the INEC’s rule on the card reader, the process was bypassed and manual accreditation and authentication via incident forms were adopted in all the LGAs already announced by INEC.
He reiterated the irregularities that produced wide difference between card reader accredited number of votes from the announced votes, describing them as “bogus and overloading” and insisted that the entire votes be cancelled.
But in a swift reaction, the State Returning Officer, Prof Jaja said: “We are not here to entertain arguments but to enter the records of all the good and bad votes as they were”, while noting the oral protest.
“We cannot play the role of the Judiciary or Executive in this matter. We have done our work to collate and announce the results.
“Parties are at liberty to forward their petitions to the relevant quarters; in this case, the tribunal”, Prof Jaja explained.
Meanwhile results as announced by INEC were as follow:
Ukwuani
PDP – 18,328
APC – 7,264
Ethiope East
APC – 21,141
PDP – 11,489
Ethiope West
PDP – 62,044
APC – 6,211
Okpe
PDP – 20,415
APC – 9,424
Patani
PDP – 19,683
APC – 3,288
Ika South
PDP – 33,371
APC – 3,877
Ika North-East
APC – 2,303
PDP – 67,417
Oshimili North
PDP – 37,744
APC – 2,906
Oshimili South
PDP – 54,766
APC – 2,700
Aniocha North
PDP – 17,054
APC – 4,653
Aniocha South
PDP- 25,031
APC – 3,138
Isoko South
PDP – 43,730
APC – 14,259
Isoko North
PDP – 29,648
APC – 9,817
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