Okorocha Son-In-Law, APC Thrashed As INEC Announces Ihedioha Winner Of Imo Guber Poll

Okorocha Son-In-Law, APC Thrashed As INEC Announces Ihedioha Winner Of Imo Guber Poll

The Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Emeka Ihedioha, has emerged the Imo State governor-elect.

He polled 273,404 votes to defeat 69 other candidates including his closest rival, Uche Nwosu of Action Alliance who scored 190,364 votes.

Announcing the results at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Owerri at exactly 10.08 pm on Monday, the state returning officer, Prof. Francis Otunta, said the All Progressives Grand Alliance candidate, Senator Ifeanyi Ararume, polled 114,676 followed by the All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Hope Uzodimma, who scored 96,458 votes.

The Accord Party candidate, Ikedi Ohakim secured 6,864 votes.

“The total votes cast is 714,35; rejected votes 25,130; total valid votes is 739,485.”

Declaring Ihedioha the winner of the polls, the returning officer said, “I, Francis Otunta, hereby certify that I am the returning officer for the Imo state elections. That the election was contested and the candidates received the following votes.

“Ihedioha Emeka of PDP, having satisfied the constitutional requirements, is hereby declared the winner.”

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