Uzodinma in early lead as APC wins in 9 LGAs

Incumbent governor Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is in an early lead in Saturday’s Imo State governorship election, in line with outcomes trickling in from the INEC collation centre, Owerri.

Mr Uzodinma has thus far received in at the very least 9 of the native governments, together with Oru West, Njaba native authorities space, Owerri North, Obowo Native Authorities Space, Nwangele LGA, Owerri Municipal, Orsu LGA, Okigwe LGA, Ideato South.

Imo State has 27 Native governments and this means that Mr Uzodinma has thus far received in one-third of the native governments within the state.

In Oru West, the APC polled 38, 026 votes, the Labour Celebration (LP) received 1,867, whereas the PDP had 987 votes.

In Njaba Native Authorities Space, APC received 8,110 votes, LP 995 and PDP 2,404.

For Owerri North, APC scored 8,536 votes, LP 4,386 and PDP 3, 449.

Obowo Native Authorities Space outcomes point out that APC had 17,514, LP scored 3,404 and PDP polled 711 votes.

In Nwangele LGA, APC had 29, 282 votes; LP, 895 and PDP 2,132.

For Owerri Municipal, the APC had 5,324; LP 2,914 whereas the PDP recorded 2,180 legitimate votes.

In Orsu LGA, APC garnered 18,003 votes; LP, 813; whereas PDP had 624.

In Okigwe LGA, the APC had 55,585 votes; LP, 2,655 and PDP, 1, 688.

The ruling APC additionally emerged victorious in Ideato South the place it scored 16, 891; LP 1 revorded 649 and PDP had 2,469.

The Imo State governorship election was carried out on 11 November with 18 candidates vying for the governorship seat.