DELTA DECIDES 2023: Oborevwori, Omo-Agege sure of victory as vote counting begins
As votes cast by Deltans gradually coming to an end, counting has begun in Delta state as Sheriff Oborevwori and Ovie Omo-Agege are confident of victory in the 2023 Governorship and State House of Assembly election conducted on Saturday.
Both the candidates of the state ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, expressed optimism that they would win the election.
Omo-Agege who voted at his Orogun Ward 2 Unit 19, Ughelli North LGA at 11:11am, said: “We believe that we are going to win at the end of the day, no doubt about that.
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“There has been the feelers for more than a month and the momentum was there all along coming into the polls today, so l expect that at the end of the day, we would be declared winner.
“PDP entered into this contest with a determination to ensure that attacks are launched on polling units across the state, most especially in Delta Central to destroy the votes.
“We have received reports of those attacks in polling units in Evwreni, Ughelli South, Oteri and of course there are some mischief going on since last night in Gbaramatu and Oporoza in Warri South West”.
Oborevwori, on the other hand, voted at Oha One, Unit 33, Osubi, Okpe Local Government Area of the state, at exactly 9.30am
The PDP candidate expressed optimism that he would win, adding that his party had worked so hard for it.
Oborevwori said it was also expected that the exercise would be properly conducted and peaceful across the state, stressing that every critical stakeholder must strive to further strengthen the democratic process in Nigeria.
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