Founder of Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL), Professor Pat Utomi, has been declared winner and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2019 governorship election in Delta State.
The professor emerged victorious in the Delta APC governorship primaries conducted by the Cyril Ogodo-led factional State Working Committee of the party in Asaba.
Favour Adibor, who acted as the returning officer, declared Utomi winner of the primaries that started Sunday and ended in the early hours of Monday.
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Out of the 3,755 total votes cast by the delegates, Utomi scored 2,486 votes to defeat three other aspirants for the Delta APC governorship ticket.
Victor Ochei, former speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, scored 801 votes to come second, Cairo Ojougboh, a former national deputy chairman (South-South) of the People’s Democratic Party scored 368 votes to occupy third position, and Great Ogboru came fourth with 106 votes.
