Politics
Anioma 2019: Senator Nwaoboshi Retains Delta North PDP Ticket
The battle royale which almost consumed members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta North Senatorial District, came to a climax today as the Senatorial ticket contested for, was retained by the incumbent Senator, Peter Nwaoboshi.
In a keenly contested senatorial primary by the PDP aspirants from Delta North extraction, Senator Nwaoboshi defeated his opponents, Prince Ned Nwoko and Paul Osaji with 506 votes.
Prince Nwoko who came second in the contest, gathered 453 votes while Paul Osaji got 216 votes.
Announcing the result of the primary held on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at Cenotaph, Asaba, the returning officer, Mrs Uzo Nwandu declared that a total of 1,214 delegates were accredited for the exercise but only 1,194 delegates participated in the voting process, while 19 votes as void.