Accord Party candidate wins Warri South 1 bye-election

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Result
Warri (Delta), April 27, 2017 (NAN) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mrs Shola Daibo of the Accord Party the winner of  Wednesday bye-election in Warri South Constituency 1 of Delta.
Mr Olatunbosun Odusanya, the Local Government Collation and Returning Officer of INEC, declared the result on Wednesday night.
Odusanya said that Daibo polled 5,546 votes to defeat her closest rival, Mr Stanley Emiko of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 2,010 votes.
He also said that Mr Ojere Edeyinbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 182 votes.
The returning officer said that total votes cast was 8,100 across the six Wards in the constituency.
“Total registered voters in the constituency is 69, 537, accredited voters, 8,186, valid votes 7,837, rejected votes 263 while the total votes cast is 8,100.
“I, hereby, declared Daibo winner of the election, having scored the highest number of votes,” he said.
Responding, Daibo assured the people of quality representation at the parliament.
“I thank you all for believing in me and I promise that I will not disappoint you,” she said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bye-election was conducted amid tight security.
The exercise followed the death of Mrs Omawumi Udoh on Dec. 13, 2016. Before her death, she was in her third term in the state legislature. (NAN)
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Edited by Felix Nwadioha/Dada Ahmed