PDP Wins Majority Votes in Delta Council Election

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•  Clark’s son wins
•  Cancels Ndokwa East,
•  Ethiope east inconclusive

From Victor Efeizomor In Asaba

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidates during last Saturday’s Local Government Areas elections swept the polls  in the 23  council areas released out of the 25.

PDP defeated  its  counterparts in the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Labour Party (LP), the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM).

Announcing the results  at the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) headquarters in Asaba, on Sunday, the chairman of the commission, Mr. Moses Ogbe, flanked by the commission’s Returning Officers from the 23 council areas, said the role politicians played in some parts of the state during the exercise was uncalled for.

Ogbe,  who said the election was free and fair throughout the state ,  pointed out that  some  politicians who attempted to disrupt the smooth conduct of the elections in Ethiope East and a few others were quickly checkmated with the assistance of security officials .

According to him: “We have reports from few areas where some politicians attempted to disrupt the exercise. It is unfortunate that we have not learnt our lessons from past election. We envisaged that this election will serve as litmus test for 2015 general election in the state but it is regrettable that few unscrupulous elements complicated the matter.”

THISDAY checks revealed that from the results declared so far, the ruling party has won 23 council areas, including the two unopposed ones – Ethiope West and Patani Local Government Areas, where opposition fielded no candidates, even as Ogbe pointed out  that the election was inconclusive in Ethiope East.

Ogbe also announced that the ruling party was returned unopposed in 96 wards, out of the 466 wards across the state.

He listed the council areas where PDP won to include, Warri South, Sapele, Oshimili North, Oshimili South, Ika South, Ika North-East, Ukwuani, Ndokwa West, Warri North, Okpe, Udu, Ughelli North, Warri South-West, Bomadi, Ughelli South, Burutu, Patani, Ethiope West, Uvwie, Aniocha South, Isoko North and South, and Aniocha North.
Ogbe said the “election in Ndowka East was annulled following the crisis of non-conduct of the exercise in the locality, “election in Ndowka East has been slated for a later day”,

He recounted how the crisis in Burutu, where the son of the First Republic Minister of Information and foremost Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, one Ebikeme, emerged as the winner, forced the Returning Officer of the council to escape to the Government House (Annex), Warri, to collate the results.

Besides Ebikeke Clark, other winners of the election include, Chief Isaac Anwuzia (Aniocha South), Hon. Ejaife Odebala (Sapele), Mr. Mofe Matthew Edema (Warri South), Mr. Chuks Oseme (Aniocha North), Mr. Ofume Fred (Ika South), Francis Eboka (Ika North East), Mr. Malik Ikpopo (Isoko South) and Mrs. Benedicta Ndudi (Ukwuani).

The rest are, Mr. Ifeanyi Osakwe (Ndokwa West., the son of Senator Patrick Osakwe), Mr. Chuks Obusom (Oshimili South), Mr. Francis Mauka (Warri North), Francis Eyiyere (Okpe), Solomon Pome (Udu), Kesena Kenneth (Ughelli North), Mr. Olukarefemi Felix (Bomadi), Paul Otega (Ughelli South), Baro Henry (Uvwie), Comrade Emmanuel Ebagbor (Isoko North) and the brother of Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo, Mr. George Ekpemupolo (Warri South-West).

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