The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the governorship election in Imo State.

INEC’s Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof Abayomi Fashina, declared Uzodimma winner of the election having polled majority of the votes and satisfied the requirement of the law.

Uzodimma won in all 27 Local Government Areas of Imo State, defeating Athan Achonu of the Labour Party and Samuel Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Uzodimma polled 540,308 votes to emerge winner of the election, while Anyanwu of the PDP scored 71,503 votes to come second while Achonu of the LP got 64,081 to come third,

Imo Labour Party agent beaten, tossed out of collation centre

A Labour Party, LP, agent in Imo State, Calistus Ihejiagwa, Sunday morning, beaten and then thrown out of the Imo State Collation Centre in Owerri.

He had raised an objection to the results collated from the local government areas on the grounds that results brought before the state collation centre were at variance with what was on the Result Viewing Portal, IREV.

Ihejiagwa kept saying he had a petition to present to that effect, with the Returning Officer, Prof Abayomi Fashina, saying it was not in his purview to receive petitions.

As the issue degenerated, other parties’ agents bundled him out, while some hit him.