Senator Ned Nwoko, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has rejected the outcome of the party’s Delta North senatorial primary, insisting that he will challenge the result in court while expressing confidence that President Bola Tinubu will step into the matter.
Nwoko, speaking in an interview with Arise Television, alleged that the figures announced did not reflect the actual votes cast during the exercise, claiming he had evidence from all wards involved in the primary.
According to him, confusion began when party officials directed that results should not be announced at ward level but collated and declared later at the national secretariat in Abuja.
“We have submitted them. Halfway through the primary, we got a message on our phones that no results should be announced at the ward level… and then suddenly we saw only one video from one ward,” he said.
He questioned the credibility of the announced figures, arguing that what was shown publicly did not match the turnout reflected in official results.
“It was just one video showing a few people in a line, but the result claimed thousands voted. That is not what we saw,” Nwoko stated.
The senator maintained that results from all 98 wards had been submitted with video evidence, insisting that the process was being misrepresented.
“We have submitted results from the 98 wards, with videos. I am not worried. I believe we won the primary,” he added.
Despite his rejection of the outcome, Nwoko said he remains committed to the APC and would not work against the party, stressing that his grievance is about internal fairness rather than loyalty.
“I’m not going to work against the party. But I believe the President will intervene in this matter,” he said.
He also accused some new entrants into the APC in Delta State of dominating the party structure at the expense of long-standing members, describing the situation as unhealthy for internal democracy.
Nwoko insisted he would proceed to court if necessary, maintaining that his confidence in victory is based on what he described as verified ward-level results.
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