Deputy senate president Omo-Agege beaten hands down in quest to become Delta State governor

NIGERIA'S deputy senate president Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has become the latest high profile casualty of this year's elections after he was soundly beaten in his quest to get elected as the Delta State governor.

 

Senator Omo-Agege, Nigeria's number five citizen under the constitution had run for governor on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). However, earlier today, the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) declared Sheriff Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDO) as the winner of the contest.

 

Monday Udoh-Tom, Inec's resident electoral commissioner, declared that Governor-elect Oborevwori won 21 out of the 25 local government areas collated in Delta State. Mr Oborevwori polled 360,234 votes, while Senator Omo-Agege polled 240,229 and the All Progressives Grand Alliance candidate Chief Great Ogboru, came third with 11,029 votes.

 

Despite being the deputy president of the Senate and the senator representing the Delta State Central Senatorial District, Senator Omo-Agege was unable to leverage on his popularity. While declaring Oborevwori as the winner of the governorship election at the Inec headquarters in Asaba, Professor Georgewill Abraham, the returning officer, said he met all the requirement of the law.

 

In what has been a very bruising election, at least three sitting state governors lost their bids to get elected into the senate this time around. On February 25 during the National Assembly elections, Governors Samuel Ortom (Benue), Ifeanyi Ugwanyi (Enugu) and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) all lost their senatorial races.

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