Uzodinma attends church service after INEC declared him winner of Imo gov. poll

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Hope Uzodinma attends church service shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him winner.

On Saturday, November 11, INEC held an off-cycle election in Imo state to elect another governor for the next four years.

The INEC Returning Officer, Abayomi Fasina, who is also the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, announced the results on Sunday morning at INEC’s state collation centre in Owerri.

He said that Uzodinma beat his contender with 540, 308 votes. Samuel Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party came a distant second with a total of 71,503 votes.

Athan Achonu of the Labour Party polled 64,081 votes to come third in the election.

Anthony Ejiogu of the All Progressives Grand Alliance garnered 6,392 votes to come fourth and Jack Ogunewe of the Action Alliance came fifth with 5,756 votes.

Fasina said; “I, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, I was the Returning officer for the Imo state governorship election held on November 11, 2023. That the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Good 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.”