Great Ogboru and Pat Utomi have both emerged as governorship candidates for the Delta State All Progressives Congress (APC), in the 2019 general election.
They emerged during two separate governorship primaries conducted in Asaba, the Delta State capital.
Utomi, a Professor, was announced on Monday morning as the party's governorship candidate at a parallel primary conducted by the Cyril Ogodo-led faction of the State Working Committee (SWC), in Asaba.
Announcing the results of the primary, which began on Sunday, the returning officer, Elder Favour Adibor, said a total of 3,755 votes were cast by delegates, with Pat Utomi getting the highest votes of 2,486 to defeat three other aspirants, Great Ogboru, Victor Ochei, and Cairo Ojougboh to clinch the governorship ticket.
According to Elder Adibor, former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Victor Ochei, got 801 to clinch second position, followed by a former presidential aide, Cairo Ojougboh, with 368 votes, while Great Ogboru came fourth after polling 106 votes.
Meanwhile, another parallel governorship primary conducted by the Ogboru/Omo-Agege faction, led by Jones Erue's State Working Committee (SWC), held at the College of Education (Technical), Asaba, declared Great Ogboru who polled a total of votes 3,292 as the winner and the party's flag-bearer for the 2019 general election.
Declaring the results of the Ogboru/Omo-Agege led factional primary shortly after collation of votes, chairman of state governorship primary election committee, Major General Lawrence Onoja (rtd), said the total votes cast totalled 3,644, with 3,515 as valid votes and 129 as void votes.
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