The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hope Uzodimma, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Imo State.
INEC’s state collation and returning officer, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, said that Uzodimma got 540,308 votes.
Fasina, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, said the APC candidate polled the majority of the votes and satisfied the requirement of the law.
Uzodimma won in all 27 Local Government Areas of Imo State, defeating Athan Achonu of the Labour Party and Samuel Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who got 64,081 and 71,503 votes respectively.
The APC candidate got his highest votes in Oru East, which is his local government, scoring 67,315 votes to beat Achonu, who got 3,443 votes and Anyanwu, who polled 2,202 votes.
Uzodimma also secured a big win in Oguta LG, where he garnered 57,310 votes to defeat Anyanwu who got 2,653 votes to come second and Achonu, who scored 1,941 votes to emerge third.
The Imo governor also won massively in Okigwe, garnering 55,585 votes, with Achonu second with 2,655 votes and Anyanwu third with 1,688 votes.
Uzodimma defeated his PDP challenger Anyanwu in his own Ikeduru LG, where he scored 22,356 votes, while Anyanwu got 7,258 votes and Achonu, 1,377 votes.
The APC candidate also defeat Achonu in his Ehime Mbano LG.
He secured 6,632 votes to defeat Achonu, who scored 4,958 votes and Anyanwu, who garnered 681 votes.
Oru West also gave the governor large votes, as he polled 38,726 votes to beat Achonu, who scored 1,867 votes, and Anyanwu, 987 votes.