Uzodimma sweeps all Imo LGAs with 540,308 votes

BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State and Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the yesterday’s governorship election has won in all the 27 Local Government Areas of the state.

According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, Uzodimma scored a total of 540, 008 to sweep all the 27 LGAs.

The collation of the results has been concluded.

While the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Candidate, Samuel Anyanwu, got a total of 71, 503 votes across the state according to the results announced by the electoral umpire to come a distant second; the Labour Party candidate, Athan Achonu, garnered a total of 64, 081 votes.

The State Returning officer for the election, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, who is also the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oye, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state, announced an hour break to enable him to compute the final result and declare the winner of the election.

The Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party have called for a total cancellation of the poll.

They alleged that security agents allegedly connived with INEC staff to allow members of the APC to rig the election.

Below are the top five results in the state election:

Hope Uzodimma (APC): 540,308 votes.

Samuel Anyanwu (PDP): 71,503 votes.

Athan Achonu (LP): 64, 081 votes.

Tony Ejiogu (APGA): 6,392 votes.

Jack Ogunewe (AA) : 5,756 votes.

SOURCE : The PUNCH

Editor

Jude Ossai (JP) a veteran journalist is a National Diploma holder in Mass Communication from Ogwashi-Uku Polytechnic Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. He also studied at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Enugu and Imo State University, Owerri for his first and second degrees in Mass Communication, respectively. He writes extensively on politics, crime, corruption, climate change, healthcare, human rights, social justice, among others.