Independent National electoral commission, INEC, has declared Governor Hope Uzodinma, of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of last Saturday’s governorship election in Imo State.
INEC Returning Officer, Abayomi Sunday, vice chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, declared the winner Sunday morning at the state collation Centre in Owerri.
According to Mr. Sunday, the APC candidate scored 540,308 votes to defeat his closest challenger of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Samuel Anyanwu, who scored 71,503 votes while the Labour Party candidate, Athan Achonu, came third with 64,081 votes.
It will be recall that TheprideNews, earlier reported how Mr Uzodinma won in all the 27 local government areas of Imo.
