Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and governorship candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, has been declared winner of the Imo State governorship election by the State Returning Officer, Prof. Francis Otunta.
Ihedioha polled 273, 404 votes to defeat his closest rival and candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), Mr. Uche Nwosu.
The candidates of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and All Progressives Congress (APC), Ifeanyi Araraume and Hope Uzodinma, scored 114, 676 and 96, 458 votes respectively.