Ifeanyi Okowa scored 4,462 votes while Ned Nwoko got three in Ward 9 of the APC senatorial primary held in Okpanam, Delta North, a result that underscored how lopsided the contest was in that ward. The count was posted on Facebook by Ossai Ovie Success, the Senior Special Assistant to the Delta State Governor, who said the exercise was successful.
Success said the Ward 9 result showed a clear victory for Okowa and called it a strong statement from the party faithful. The primary was part of the APC’s senatorial selection process across the country at a time when there were indications that some serving senators seeking re-election may not return to the upper legislative chamber.
The numbers from Okpanam stand out because they came from a ward exercise inside a nationwide primary, where every vote carries added weight for hopefuls trying to measure support on the ground. In Delta North, the gap between Okowa and Nwoko was not narrow or symbolic; it was overwhelming.
That leaves the larger question inside the APC primary process answered at least in this ward: the support reported there fell heavily toward Okowa, not Nwoko. What happens next is whether that pattern holds as the party’s senatorial primaries continue elsewhere, and whether more sitting senators find their re-election hopes sliding in the same direction.
