The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Jude Ogbimi, the candidate representing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner of the Isoko North Constituency bye-election in Delta State.
The returning officer, Christopher Onosemuode of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, announced the result on Sunday.
Onosemuode said Ogbimi had a total of 29,421 votes while the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Emmanuel Tabuko, had a total of 2,543.
He said, “I, Prof Christopher Onosemuode of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, 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 bye-election.”
Reacting to this development, the APC Publicity Secretary in the state, Sylvester Imonina, accused the PDP of allegedly sabotaging the sanctity of ballots at the poll.
However, the Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Ifeanyi Osuoza, dismissed the allegation.
