Delta: Okowa Thanks Constituents As Former Gov Defeats Ned Nwoko

— Okowa, Ned Nwoko

By Adeola Idris

Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has defeated the incumbent, Senator Ned Nwoko, in the primaries held across the nine local government areas of the Delta North Senatorial district as he polled a total of 113, 309 while Nwoko got 2,612 votes.

Okowa emerged flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the senatorial district ahead of the 2027 general election.

Responding, Okowa promised to be a good representative of Delta North if elected in 2027.

Okowa also said he would be visiting the state regularly, stating that senators ought to maintain close proximity to their constituents.

He said, “I thank my people for the love they have showered upon me, and I pray that the Lord God will continue to energize me to do the best I can for the whole of Delta North.
“I have one promise: that I will serve the people with all my heart. “I expect to return home as regularly as possible to greet our people. You cannot be a senator and stay away from your people because they sent you to represent them. “I shall be a good representative of the good people of Delta North. Whenever my presence is needed, they will surely find me.”

However, Ned Nwoko has countered the outcome of the election saying authentic results of the exercise can only be announced from the APC National Headquarters in Abuja.

He maintained that until the result is signed by the APC chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, nobody should create the impression that there are factions in the party, stressing: “All the candidates in the election have their strongholds and announcing partial results amounts to half-truth, and half-truths are embellished lies capable of misleading the public.”