PDP’s Emeka Ihedioha Emerges Imo Gov-elect

Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, has been declared winner of the Imo State governorship election held on March 9, 2019.
Ihedioha, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was declared governor-elect by the INEC returning Officer for the election, Professor Francis Ogbonnaya Otunta at 11:57 pm on Monday.
Ihedioha polled 273,404 votes, while Uche Nwosu of the Action Alliance (AA) and son-in-law of Governor Rochas Okorocha came second with 190, 364 votes.
The All Progressives Congress (APC)’s flag-bearer in the race, Senator Hope Uzodinma came a distant third with 96,458 votes.
Both Uzodinma and Nwosu were of the APC’s stock until the gubernatorial nomination battle pulled them apart. Going by the elections figures, a simple arithmetic indicates that the number of votes jointly polled by both Uzodinma and Nwosu is higher than Ihedioha’s vote.
The governor-elect, Ihedioha took to Twitter early Tuesday to thank the Imo people and promised to work hard in ‘rebuilding the state
It’s a victory for all of us!
I will not fail!
My word is my bond. – NAN