PDP Wins Isoko North Bye Election In Delta

• The electoral umpire said eleven political parties contested the Assembly by-election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has named Jude Ogbimi, a candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the winner of the Isoko North Constituency by-election held on Saturday, April 10th, 2021.

The returning officer, Professor Christopher Onosemuode of Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun(FUPRE), who announced the result on Sunday said Ogbimi scored 29, 421 votes to defeat eight other candidates.

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He said the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Emmanuel Tabuko, scored 2,543 votes to place second while the candidate of the ADP, Agose Ogagaoghene, came third with 66 votes.

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According to him: “I, Prof. Christopher Onosemuode of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, (FUPRE), Effurun, Delta State, hereby declare that Mr Jude Ogbimi of the PDP, having scored the highest number of valid votes , is hereby declared winner of the Isoko North Constituency by-election.

“The PDP candidate is hereby declared winner in line with electoral guidelines.”

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