The candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, was on Tuesday announced as the winner of the February 25 presidential election in Delta State.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that in the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Obi scored 341,866 to defeat his closest challengers.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) whose vice presidential candidate is the incumbent governor of Delta State Ifeanyi Okowa came second and the All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged third.
While the PDP scored 161,600 votes to come second and APC scored 90,183 to take third place in the state. The candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, came a distant fourth with 3,122 votes.
According to INEC, out of 667,149 accredited voters, 654,650 votes were recorded. Also, 615,341 votes were recorded as valid while 39,309 votes were rejected.
SEE THE FINAL RESULT OF THE COLLATION PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FROM 25 LGAS OF DELTA STATE BELOW:
APC – 90,183
Labour Party – 341,866
NNPP – 3,122
PDP – 161,600
NUMBER OF ACCREDITED VOTERS =667,149
TOTAL VALID VOTES = 615,341
TOTAL REJECTED VOTES = 39,309
