A senator, Ned Nwoko (APC-Delta) has approached the All Progressives Congress (APC) Primaries Appeal Committee, demanding a review of the outcome of the 18 May Delta North Senatorial District primary elections.
The senator’s legal adviser, Chris Okobah, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday.
The APC Returning Officer for the election, Johnbull Tonukari, had declared former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa winner after polling 113,309 votes in the exercise.
He announced that Mr Nwoko secured 2,612 votes, while Maryam Ali polled 40 votes in the primary election conducted across the senatorial district.
According to Mr Okobah, what should have been a peaceful democratic exercise became a theatre of manipulation, intimidation, vote buying, violence, and deliberate obstruction of the people’s choice.
