A political storm is tearing through Delta North as Ned Nwoko has openly declared that he won the All Progressive Congress APC senatorial primaries held in the region on Monday.
In a fiery and uncompromising interview on ARISE TV, the outspoken senator declared that he overwhelmingly won the APC Delta North senatorial primaries conducted across all 98 wards in the district, insisting that he possesses extensive ward-by-ward video evidence capable of exposing what he called “a carefully executed manipulation.”
Nwoko said the primaries were transparent at the grassroots level until what he described as “suspicious interference” suddenly altered the process midway through collation.
“The election held across the 98 wards. We monitored the process ward by ward, and I have complete video evidence proving that I won convincingly,” he stated.
“What happened afterward was shocking and completely against democratic principles.”
According to the senator, party agents, stakeholders, and supporters had initially expected results to be announced directly at the ward level in line with standard procedure.
However, he alleged that in the middle of the exercise, APC officials abruptly informed participants that no ward-level declaration would be made and that all results would instead be transferred to the national leadership for final announcement.
For Nwoko and his supporters, that sudden shift immediately raised red flags.
“We were told midway that results would no longer be announced at the wards.
Everything was moved to the national level. We accepted that decision because we believed the party would uphold fairness and due process,” he explained.
But what followed, according to him, was a political ambush.
In one of the strongest accusations yet to emerge from the controversial APC primaries nationwide, Nwoko alleged that results from just one ward, allegedly linked to loyalists of former Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, mysteriously surfaced and were allegedly used as the basis for declaring the outcome of the entire Delta North contest.
The senator described the development as “an insult to democracy” and “a desperate attempt to overturn the mandate freely given by party members across the district.”
“You cannot ignore results from 98 wards and suddenly elevate one questionable result because it suits certain political interests,” Nwoko said angrily. “That is not democracy. That is political manipulation of the highest order.”
He further warned that any attempt to suppress authentic results or impose candidates through backdoor arrangements could deepen internal crisis within the APC and damage the credibility of the party ahead of future elections.
Political observers say the controversy surrounding the Delta North primaries reflects a wider crisis currently rocking the APC across several states following the National Assembly primaries held on May 18, 2026.
Multiple aspirants nationwide have raised allegations ranging from vote suppression and altered collation procedures to outright imposition of candidates by powerful political blocs.
Within Delta politics, the growing feud is also being viewed as a major power struggle between emerging political interests and entrenched structures loyal to established figures in the state.
Despite mounting outrage and calls for transparency, the APC leadership has maintained that the final authority over the primaries rests with the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), which is expected to review complaints, video evidence, and reports from across the country before officially ratifying the results.
However, Nwoko insists the truth cannot be buried.
“The evidence is there. The people voted. The attempt to rewrite the outcome will fail because facts do not lie,” he declared.
