Following the governor’s victory in the state’s November 11 gubernatorial election, hundreds of supporters of Governor Hope Uzodinma rushed into Owerri, the state capital, on Sunday.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Sunday morning that Uzodimma, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, had won the polls with 540,308 votes, besting his nearest competitors, Samuel Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Athan Achonu of the Labour Party, who received 71,503 and 64081 votes, respectively, to finish a distant second and third.
Motorcyclists and other vehicles erupted in wild jubilation as soon as Prof. Abayomi Fasina, the INEC returning officer for Imo, proclaimed Uzodinma the winner.
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In a show of joy, hundreds of APC supporters rushed the INEC headquarters on Port Harcourt Road in Owerri and proceeded to match from street to street under the leadership of Chinasa Nwaneri, Barr. Ennyinna Onuegbu, and Amarachi Iwuanyanwu, the deputy speaker of the state house of assembly.
As they marched through the streets, the ecstatic APC supporters chanted victory songs while holding onto the party’s flags and brooms.
The triumph march from Port Harcourt Road to Bank Road, Wetheral Road, Douglas and Okigwe roads was joined by numerous convoys from neighbouring parts of the state.
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