Incumbent Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has won the Imo governorship election by a landslide.
Uzodinma secured the majority of votes cast after sweeping all 27 LGAs in the state as he scored 540,308 votes to beat his closest challenger, Samuel Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 71,503 votes while Athan Achonu of Labour Party (LP) came third with 64,081 votes.
Some of the LGs Uzodinma won are Ideato South, Onuimo, Okigwe, Orsu, Ihitte Uboma, Mbaitoli, Owerri municipal, Nkwerre and Ahiazu Mbaise.
Announcing the winner of the poll, INEC Returning Officer for the Imo Governorship Election, Prof Abayomi Fashina, declared Uzodinma as thr winner of the election on Sunday morning.
He said, “I, Professor Abayomi Sunday Fashina, the returning officer, hereby, declare that Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC), having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and he is returned elected. “
It is instructive to note that Uzodinma became governor in January 2020 following a Supreme Court verdict that nullified the election of Hon Emeka Ihedioha.
Uzodinma was seeking re-election in Saturday’s governorship election,
A shouting match had earlier occurred between party agents at the collation centre, following allegation of manipulation of results.
The violence resulted in the party agent of the LP being beaten and bundled out of the hall while the PDP agent was ushered out.
The party agents had alleged that some of the results were “manufactured”.
But Fashina urged the agents to return to their seats and accused them of disrupting the collation exercise.
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