Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and incumbent governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma has been declared winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
Returning Officer, of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Professor Abayomi Sunday who is the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, declared the winner Sunday morning at the state collation centre in Owerri.
The APC candidate scored 540,308 votes to defeat his closest contender, Samuel Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 71,503 votes.
Labour Party’s candidate, Athan Achonu, came third with 64,081 votes while none of the other 15 candidates had up to 10,000 votes.
“Hope Odidika Uzodinma having satisfied all the requirements of law and scored majority of the lawful votes, is hereby declared elected,” Sunday declared.
According to INEC, the number of registered voters in the state for the poll was 2,419,922 with 2,318,919 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) collected. The voter turnout was less than 40 per cent.
