Uzodinma wins Imo guber election

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Governor Hope Uzodimma, emerged victorious in the governorship election in Imo State on Saturday.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared this on Sunday in Owerri.

The election’s State Returning Officer, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, who is also the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, said the governor secured 540,308 votes to beat other contenders.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP, candidate, Samuel Anyanwu, trailed behind with 71,503 votes, while the Labour Party candidate, Athan Achonu, came in third with 64,081 votes, according to INEC.