INEC declares Uzodimma winner of Imo Guber election

---

---

By Iheanyi Chukwudi

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Imo State Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodimma and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the Imo governorship election held on Saturday.

According to the result announced on Sunday, Uzodimma in the won in all the 27 Local Governments of the state.

In the result announced by the State Returning Officer for the election and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oye, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, Uzodimma scored a total of 540, 308 to sweep the polls.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, got a total of 71, 503 votes across the state to come a distant second while the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Athan Achonu, garnered a total of 64, 081 votes.

Meanwhile, the PDP and the LP have called for a total cancellation of the poll,

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

The result also shows that Tony Ejiogu of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), scored 6,392 votes while Jack Ogunewe of AA got 5,756 votes.

Below is the result local government by local government:

Ikeduru LG

Reg voters 119987

Accreditted 33662

APC 22356

APGA 246

LP 1877

PDP 7258

Ehime Mbano LG

Reg voters 79212

Accredited 13027

APC 6632

APGA 22

LP 4958

PDP 681

Orlu LG

Reg voters

Accredited 49229

APC 37614

APGA 1711

LP 2424

PDP 3690

Ohaji/Egbema LG

Reg voters 107456

Accredited 21366

APC 14962

APGA 147

LP 1506

PDP 3694

Ideato North LG

Reg voters 86905

Accredited 9609

APC 5271

APGA 85

LP 1522

PDP 2062

Ihite Uboma LG

Reg voters 52108

Accredited 17537

APC 11099

APGA 61

LP 2766

PDP 3077

Mbaitoli LG

Reg voters 15328

Accredited 24186

APC 12556

APGA 222

LP 4007

PDP 5343