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Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has secured the All Progressives Congress ticket for the 2027 governorship election in Delta State, polling 345,375 votes in a direct primary held across all 25 local government areas.
Despite running unopposed, the party went ahead with the exercise, with results collated at the APC state secretariat in Asaba on Thursday.
Returning officer Vita Okafor, who chaired the party’s National Working Committee team in the state, declared Oborevwori the winner after results from all local government areas were announced.
“I, Sir Vita Okafor, Chairman Governorship Primary Election Committee, hereby certify that I am the Returning Officer for the Delta State Governorship Primary Election, held on May 21, 2026,” Okafor said.
“The aspirant, Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori, scored a total of 345,375 votes. Having satisfied the requirements of the APC constitution and guidelines and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared winner of the primary election. He is also returned as the party governorship candidate in Delta State for the 2027 general elections.”
Okafor commended the governor for his achievements, policies and programmes that had positively impacted the people of the state and made the party proud.
Returning officers from each of the 25 local government areas had earlier taken turns to announce the scores recorded at various wards.
The state APC chairman, Chief Solomon Arenyeka, lauded party members for the feat attained in the national and state assembly primaries, which he said had been sustained in the governorship primaries.
He said the primaries were well organised and peaceful throughout the process and urged members to sustain the winning spree and replicate the same during the 2027 general elections.
The state deputy governor, Monday Onyeme, some members of the Delta State House of Assembly and other top party stalwarts were present at the collation centre.
