- Uzodinma has scored a total of 429, 518 votes across the 20 LGAs so far announced by the electoral umpire
The governor of Imo state and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Hope Uzodinma is leading in the 20 Local Government Areas so far announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
According to INEC, Uzodinma has scored a total of 429, 518 votes across the 20 LGAs so far announced by the electoral umpire.
The LGAs announced are Oru West, Owerri North, Obowo, Nwangele, Orsu, Owerri Municipal, Okigwe, Ideato South , Onuimo, Ngor Okpala, Oru East, Isu, Nkwere, Ahiazu Mbaise, Owerri West, Isiala Mbano, Ezinihitte Mbaise, Oguta, Aboh Mbaise and Njaba.
The results from the remaining seven LGAs are being awaited.
Imo state has a total of 27 LGAs.
The Retuning officer for the election, prof Abayomi Fasina, who is the Vice Chancellor of University of Oye, Ado Ekiti in Ekiti state announced a 30 minutes brake to enable some LGA Retuning officers to reconcile their results.
Meanwhile, the Retuning Officer for the Imo state governorship election has announced a 30-minute break at the state collation centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Owerri.
Fasina announced the break after the returning officers for four Local Government Areas were unable to properly present the statistics of the figures in their LGAs.
He asked them to take a 30 minutes off to reconcile the differences in the figures in their LGAs.