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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Victor Nwokolo, the House of Representatives candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the Ika federal constituency election held on Saturday.
Nwokolo defeated his closet rival, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Sebastine Okoh with a wide difference of 34,847 votes.
Announcing the official results amid tight security at the INEC collation center in Agbor, INEC Returning Officer for the election, Mr Ndukwe Idike said the PDP candidate for the election scored 47,688 votes to emerge the winner, while the APC candidate polled 12,841 votes.
With this win by the PDP candidate, Hon Victor Nwokolo will be returning to the Green Chambers for the third time in a row as representative for Ika Federal Constituency.
INEC declares Elumelu winner of Aniocha/Oshimili federal credit
Meanwhile, candidate of the PDP for the just concluded Federal House of Representatives Election for the Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency in Delta State, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, has also been announced the Winner of the election.
The INEC Returning officer for the election, Dr. Ignatius Ezoem, Provost, Federal College of Education, Technical, Asaba, announced the result late Sunday night at the end of collation at the Oshimili South INEC office in Asaba, Delta State.
According to the announced results, PDP polled a total of 84,615 votes in the four local government areas of the Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, to defect his closet rival of the APC who scored a total of 11,086 votes.
The result shows that Hon. Ndudi Elumelu candidate defeated his opponent in the APC with an unprecedented difference of 73, 529 votes.
The summary of the collated and announced result is listed thus:
Aniocha North
PDP-13,485
APC-3,438
Aniocha South
PDP-15,031
APC-3,340
Oshimili North
PDP- 20,705
APC-1,823
Oshimili South
PDP – 35,394
APC – 2,485
Total
PDP- 84,615
APC- 11,086
Difference 73,529