In a landslide victory, Governor Hope Odidika Uzodimma of Imo State Governor and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the November 11 governorship off-season election have been reelected having won in all the 27 Local Government Areas of the state.
But in a twist of fate, the duo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Labour Party (LP) have called for a total cancellation of the poll.
However, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Uzodimma scored a total of 540, 008 to sweep all the 27 LGAs. The collation of the results has been concluded.
L-R: Hope Uzodimma of APC, Athan Achonu of the Labour Party, and Senator Samuel Anyanwu of the PDP
While the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Samuel Anyanwu, got a total of 71, 503 votes across the state according to the results announced by the electoral umpire to come a distant second; the Labour Party candidate, Athan Achonu, garnered a total of 64, 081 votes.
The state Returning officer for the election, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, who is also the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oye, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state, announced an hour break to enable him to compute the final result and declare the winner of the election.
They alleged that security agents allegedly connived with INEC staff to allow members of the APC to rig the election The top five results in the state election are: Hope Uzodimma (APC): 540,308 votes; Samuel Anyanwu (PDP): 71,503 votes; Athan Achonu (LP): 64, 081 votes; Tony Ejiogu (APGA): 6,392 votes and Jack Ogunewe (AA): 5,756 votes.
