Ned Nwoko, Nigerian businessman, has clinched the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket to contest a seat in the senate.
Nwoko won the PDP primary election to represent the party in the Delta north senatorial district election in the 2023 polls.
The seat is currently occupied by Peter Nwaoboshi, who Nwoko lost to in the 2019 primary of the PDP.
Nwaoboshi has, however, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Declaring Nwoko as the winner of the contest on Monday, Nosa Omagbon, chairman of the election committee, said the businessman got 242 votes to defeat Paul Osaji, his closest opponent, who secured 67 votes.
The returning officer said 310 delegates participated in the exercise, but one vote was void.
Nwoko was a member of the house of representatives between 1999 and 2003, representing Aniocha north/south and Oshimili north/south federal constituency.