The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has come victorious in the presidential election which took place on Saturday, February 25, 2023 in Delta State, defeating the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, who is also the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The collation officer for the Delta State, Prof. Owunari Abraham Georgewill, of the University of Port-Harcourt, on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 made this revelation at the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Asaba, the capital of the state.
The Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi had 341,866 votes; the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar scored 161,600 votes while the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu came a distant third with 90,183 votes.