Imo gov: Uzodimma floors PDP, LP, re-elected with 540,308 votes

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.

The Imo State Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, who is also the Vice-Chancellor, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, announced the results at INEC’s state collation centre in Owerri, the state capital, on Sunday, November 12, 2023.

Fasina declared Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election with 540,308 votes, while Samuel Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came a distant second with a total of 71,503 votes.

Athan Achonu of the Labour Party (LP) occupied the third position with 64,081 votes, while Anthony Ejiogu of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA garnered 6,392 votes to come fourth.

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Fasina said: “I, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, the Returning officer for the Imo state governorship election held on November 11, 2023, declared that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Hope Uzodimma, having scored the highest number of votes and satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner of the election and returned elected.”

The results announced by INEC showed that Uzodimma swept all the 27 Local Government Areas of Imo State.

The governor is expected to be sworn-in for a second term in office on January 14, 2024.

The state agent of the LP, Callistus Ihejiagwa, was earlier beaten and bundled out of the state collation centre after he protested the results announced by the returning officers of the Local Government Areas.

Ihejiagwa said the results were manipulated in the favour of Governor Uzodimma.

The state agent of the PDP, Kissinger Ikeokwu, also left the collation centre.

The Star