APC Wins Delta Assembly Seat, Defeats PDPS

ylvester Idowu in Warri

The Delta State House of Assembly candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Burutu State Constituency 1, Alapala Anthony Ebitonmo, has been declared winner of the rerun election held on Saturday

He defeated the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Asupa Forteta.
The Independent National Electoral Commission declared Alapala winner of the poll yesterday, ahead of Forteta, in the rerun election held in Ayakoromor Unit 8, Oboro Unit 9, Enekorogha Unit 26, and Edegbene Unit 27.

According to the INEC scorecard, Alapala beat Asupa, winning all units and scoring more than 50 per cent of the votes cast.
The result showed that out of a total of 15,381 votes cast, 14,809 votes were declared valid, with Alapala polling 7,728 votes ahead of Forteta, who scored 6,616 votes, while 578 were voided.

Alapala was subsequently presented with his certificate of return by the returning officer, Prof. Arnold.
Meanwhile, the Senator representing Delta South Senatorial District under the APC platform at the National Assembly, Senator Joel-Thomas Onowakpo, has congratulated Alapala.

Onowakpo, in a press release posted on his X account, commended the electorate in Burutu “for their participation in the electoral process,” affirming the resilience of democratic institutions and the power of the people in shaping the state’s political landscape.