DELTA LG ELECTION: Okowa, Otuaro, others hail exercise
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…APC says poll is a sham
By Festus Ahon & Ochuko Akuopha
VOTER apathy yesterday characterised the council election held across the 25 local government areas of Delta State.
Our correspondents, who monitored the elections across the state report that polling materials arrived late in some the wards during the exercise that was generally peaceful.
At Uzoigwe Primary School in Asaba, materials were yet to arrive as at 9:15 a.m though a handful of voters were on ground with security presence when our correspondent visited.
At Illah and Okpanam in Oshimili North, materials arrived at about 10.20am and distribution of materials to the various units began almost immediately. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Olisa Ifeajika said the state was calm, expressing hope that the polls would be peaceful.
APC kicks, as DSIEC declares PDP candidates winners in Delta LG poll APC kicks, as DSIEC declares PDP candidates winners in Delta LG poll
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Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) has declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner in all the chairmanship seats in the 25 Local Government Areas of the state.
But the major opposition party in the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC), which withdrew from the exercise midway on Saturday, described the exercise as a sham as against the PDP which has adjudged the poll as not only peaceful but free and fair.
Tribune Online had earlier reported that the poll was generally marred with voter apathy, the delayed supply of electoral materials or the non-supply of them and alleged desertion of some polling units officials of DSIEC among others.
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Voters apathy mars Delta LG polls
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…as APC describes exercise as a charm
Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori casting his votes at his Polling unit in Osubi, Okpe Local Government Area, Delta State
By Festus Ahon & Ochuko Akuopha – Asaba
Voters apathy characterized the council election held across the 25 local government areas of Delta State
Vanguard correspondents who monitored the elections across the state, report that polling materials arrived late at some of the wards during the exercise that was generally peaceful.
As at 9:15 am at Uzoigwe Primary School in Asaba, materials were yet to arrive though a handful of voters were on ground with security presence at the time when our Vanguard correspondent visited.
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One of the four suspects involved in a taxi robbery incident at Wasabiampa in the Lower West Akim Municipality in the Eastern Region has been sentenced to 25 years in jail by the Asamankese Circuit Court.
Benjamin Kofi Larbi, 24, pleaded “guilty with an explanation” at last Tuesday’s proceedings and was found guilty on his own plea by the circuit court presided over by Mr. Abubakari Abass Adams who slapped him with a 25-year prison term.
His three accomplices, namely Stephen Kofi Gyamfi, 22, Richard Kofi, 20, and Kelvin Asante, 19, pleaded “not guilty” and have been remanded in police custody to reappear before the court on Wednesday, March 31, this year.