With 540,308 votes, the APC candidate defeated his nearest competitors, Anyanwu of the PDP (71,503) and Achonu of the LP (64,081).
The final tallying of results from Saturday’s governor’s race in Imo State has been completed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The conclusion of the collation process was declared at the INEC’s state collation facility in Owerri by Abayomi Fasina, the vice-chancellor of Federal University Oye Ekiti in Ekiti State and the returning officer for Imo State.
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In order to return, reveal the outcomes, and name the winner, he also declared an hour-long recess.
As of right now, Senator Hope Uzodimma, the current governor, has won handily in all 27 local government districts.
Both Senator Athan Achonu of the LP and Samuel Anyanwu of the PDP are faring poorly as their candidates for governor.
At the state collation facility in Owerri, the results collation process started on Sunday at four in the morning.
