Wilson Adekumola
The Hon. Chinedu Nwoko popularly known as Ned Nwoko of the Peoples Democratic Party, was, on Monday, declared winner of Delta North Senatorial District seat in Delta.
Nwoko, the husband of famous Nollywood actress, Regina Daniel, polled a total of 92,514 votes to defeat the Labour Party candidate, Mr Kennedy Kanma, who scored 86,121 votes and the incumbent and candidate of All Progressives Congress, Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi, who got 36,816 votes.
The Returning Officer, Dr Josephine Anene-Okeakwa, announced the results at the INEC collation centre in Oshimili South Local Government Area in Asaba.
Meanwhile, the Minority Leader of House of Representatives, Mr Ndudi Elumelu, representing Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency on the platform of PDP, lost his election to Mr Ngozi Okolie of Labour Party.