FORMER caretaker chairman of Warri South Local Government Area, Mr Austin Oruoye, of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has emerged winner of the Warri South Constituency 1 in last Saturday Delta House of Assembly election.
The Returning Officer (RO), Dr Theophilus Ehimien, in Warri South Constituency 1 declared the result on Sunday in Warri.
Ehimien said Oruoye polled 20,903 to defeat Mr Stanley Emiko of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 6,169 votes.
“Mr Austin Oruoye, having met the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner of the Warri South Constituency (One) House of Assembly Election,” he pronounced.
The winner, Mr Oruoye, while responding, thanked the electorate for believing in him, while attributing his victory to God.
“I thanked the people for deeming it fit to make me take up this responsibility and I want to assure them that I will do all I can to satisfy them.
“It is a contest of no winner, no loser; we are together in governance. I cannot do it alone.
“I appeal to the other contestants to join me to enable our people in the constituency to enjoy the service of good governance,” Oruoye pleaded.
On his part, the current Chairman of Warri South, Michael Tidi, PhD, thanked the people for voting en masse for the PDP.
“The victory is an attestation of the acceptability of the policies and programmes of the PDP in Delta,” he said.
Tidi advised Oruoye to reach out, sponsor and promote people-oriented Bills that will bring about good governance to the Constituency and Delta in general.
Another Dr David Akoma urged Oruoye to remember the electorates noting that the people that voted him in could also vote him out.
“He should know that if he does not make the people happy, the Permanent Voters Card that voted him in will also be used against him in subsequent elections,” he said.
Earlier, Mr Mathew Opuoro of the PDP was announced the winner of the Warri South Constituency Two.
Dr Stella Omonigho, the Returning Officer in Warri South Constituency (Two) announced the result on Sunday
According to Omonigho, Opuoro polled a total of 6,769 votes to defeat his closed rival, Mike Okumagba of the APC who scored 4,853 votes.
The RO, Ehimien said Warri South had a total registered voter of 173,668.
He added that the total votes cast were 50, 918 while the valid and rejected votes were 49,393 and 1525 respectively.
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