Sheriff Oborevwori, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) defeated Ovie Omo-Agege, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) within the March 18, governorship election in Delta State.

Oborevwori scored 360,234 votes to defeat the Omo-Agege who scored 240,229, whereas the Labour Celebration candidate, Kennedy Pela got here a distant third with 48,047.

Oborevwori swept 21 out of the 25 Native Authorities Areas of the state leaving the APC with 4 native authorities areas.

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Georgewill Owunari, the returning officer of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC), mentioned there have been 3.2 million registered voters for the election.

The variety of accredited voters was put at 710, 829 whereas there have been 671,737 legitimate votes.

The rejected votes had been 15, 384 whereas the overall votes solid had been mentioned to be 687, 121.

Delta state has been managed by the PDP for the reason that return to democracy in 1999.