The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, has been declared winner of Saturday’s Gubernatorial election.
Oborevwori polled 360, 234 votes to beat his closest rival of the APC, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who scored 240,229.
Similarly, the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Umar Mohammed Bago, has won the governorship election in Niger State. Announcing the result in Minna on Monday, the state collation officer, Professor Clement Allawa, said Bago won in 20 of the 25 Local Government Areas and polled a total of 469,896.
He also announced that the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Yahaya Mohammed came third with a total of 3, 378 votes while the only female candidate in the election Khadijat Abdulahi who contested under the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance polled 1, 746 votes.
He added that the total number of accredited voters was 899, 488 while he gave the number of votes cast as 889, 956.