At the National Convention held in Benin, Edo State, Omowole floored her Deputy Mrs Bilquees Oladimeji to clinch the position.
Omowole pulled a total of 410 votes to defeat her rival who polled 270 votes.
The third contestant dropped Thursday morning leaving the two candidates to slug it out at the polls.
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After a long accreditation, voting and collation process which lasted the whole of Thursday night to Friday morning, Omowole who is a senior editor with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) was declared winner at about 7:20 A.M..
She has already been sworn in for her second tenure in office.
(NAN)