Imo APC Wins 25 of 27 Assembly Seats; PDP Rejects Poll

The All Progressives Congress won 25 of the 27 State Assembly seats in Imo’s election last Saturday.

This was revealed by the Independent National Electoral Commission in a statement signed by Imo’s Chief of Voter Education, Mrs Emmanuella Opara, and made accessible to newsmen on Monday in Owerri.

However, Opara stated that the election in Ahaizu Mbaise state constituency was deemed inconclusive, while the outcome of the election in Isu Local Government Area was still awaited.
According to the statement, APC candidates Eddy Obinna won in Aboh Mbaise, Mr Dominic Ezeriorah won in Oru West, and Ebonine Ozioma won in Njaba state.

Duru Iheonukara won Ideato South; Chisom Ojukwu, Nkeerre; Chike Olemgbe, Ihitte Uboma; Reginald Neaneri, Oru East; and Ambrose Egu, Ngor Okpala.

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Others include Kanayo Onyemachi, Owerri West; Chinemetem Agbaso, Ezinihitte; Gilbert Nwosu, Oguta; and Okechukeu Udeze, Ideato North, among others.
Reacting to the party’s victory, the state’s APC Publicity Secretary, Mr Duke Cajetan said Saturday’s election was a vote of implicit confidence on governor Hope Uzodimma by the people.

“The victory was loud and overwhelming. We are happy that Imo people have reciprocated the good gestures of what Uzodimma has done in the past three and half years in office.
“They have used their votes to thank the governor for the phenomenal infrastructural development in the state.

“The people didn’t vote because they were coerced or because of the reflection of what happened on February 25,” he added.

However, the Peoples Democratic Party has called for the cancellation of the exercise, alleging massive rigging by the APC in collaboration with INEC.

In a statement signed by the state PDP’s Spokesman, Mr Collins Opurozor, on Monday, the party said the party’s agents were beaten and arrested in collation centres.

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“From the results declared at the various polling units in Aboh Mbaise, transmitted to iREV Portal and sent in by our agents, PDP overwhelmingly won the house of assembly seat in the area with over 90 per cent of total votes cast.
“However, as final collation was being awaited at the Collation Center, armed thugs, security agents and Ebubeagu militiamen led by APC stalwarts stormed the venue in the middle of the night, attacked our party agents and took away the INEC officials with election materials.

“It is important to note that this travesty would have been averted if the INEC Electoral Officer in Aboh Mbaise had remained incorruptible and allowed the process to be freely concluded before dusk,” he said.

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