The declaration was made yesterday at about 3:20am by the electoral committee headed by Ibrahim Agbabiaka
However, some governorship aspirants under a coalition known as the Imo Allied Forces, with Senator Hope Uzodimma and Eze Madumere, claimed that they were not part of the process, adding that they had gone to court to stop the primaries.
Declaring the result, Agbabiaka, said that all the nine governorship aspirants participated in the exercise.
He gave their names as Chuks Ololo, George Eche, Uche Nwosu, Deputy Governor of Imo State, Eze Madumere and Senator Hope Uzodimma. Others are Air Commodore Peter Gbujie(rtd), Chima Anozie, Jude Ejiogu and Chris Nlemoha.
According to the chairman of the electoral committee, Nwosu polled 269,524 votes to emerge winner of the heated contest, while Ololo and Gbujie followed with 6,428 and 4,855 respectively. Other contestants polled as follows: Eche 2,454; Madumere, 2,646; Uzodimma 2,729; Anozie 3,248; Ejiogu 3,456; and Nlemoha 925.
For the Imo West senatorial district, Okorocha garnered 141,127 votes to defeat Senator Hope Uzodimma, who polled 1,359 votes and Senator Osita Izunaso, 24 votes.
In Imo North, Nnamdi Obiaraeri polled 67,438 to win the senator currently representing the zone, Benjamin Uwajumogu, who polled 5,743 votes while in Imo East senatorial district, Emma Ojinere defeated Chima Anthony and Maxwell Igwe with 41,562 votes.
Rochas had said his decision to throw his support Uche Nwosu ahead of 2019 was based on age and ability to move the state past his achievements.
The governor has given quality reasons why he will not hand over power to anybody who is above 50 years of age.
The Chief of Staff, Uche Nwosu can place his hands on the handle, he can drive the state and he is humble.
He’s not vindictive; he’s young and has age on his side so he can inspect projects without getting arthritis.
Uche Nwosu, the son-in-law to Governor Rochas Okorocha has been declared winner of Imo state governorship elections of the All Progressives Congress.
The declaration was made yesterday at about 3:20am by the electoral committee headed by Ibrahim Agbabiaka
However, some governorship aspirants under a coalition known as the Imo Allied Forces, with Senator Hope Uzodimma and Eze Madumere, claimed that they were not part of the process, adding that they had gone to court to stop the primaries.
Declaring the result, Agbabiaka, said that all the nine governorship aspirants participated in the exercise.
He gave their names as Chuks Ololo, George Eche, Uche Nwosu, Deputy Governor of Imo State, Eze Madumere and Senator Hope Uzodimma. Others are Air Commodore Peter Gbujie(rtd), Chima Anozie, Jude Ejiogu and Chris Nlemoha.
According to the chairman of the electoral committee, Nwosu polled 269,524 votes to emerge winner of the heated contest, while Ololo and Gbujie followed with 6,428 and 4,855 respectively. Other contestants polled as follows: Eche 2,454; Madumere, 2,646; Uzodimma 2,729; Anozie 3,248; Ejiogu 3,456; and Nlemoha 925.
For the Imo West senatorial district, Okorocha garnered 141,127 votes to defeat Senator Hope Uzodimma, who polled 1,359 votes and Senator Osita Izunaso, 24 votes.
In Imo North, Nnamdi Obiaraeri polled 67,438 to win the senator currently representing the zone, Benjamin Uwajumogu, who polled 5,743 votes while in Imo East senatorial district, Emma Ojinere defeated Chima Anthony and Maxwell Igwe with 41,562 votes.
Rochas had said his decision to throw his support Uche Nwosu ahead of 2019 was based on age and ability to move the state past his achievements.
The governor has given quality reasons why he will not hand over power to anybody who is above 50 years of age.
The Chief of Staff, Uche Nwosu can place his hands on the handle, he can drive the state and he is humble.
He’s not vindictive; he’s young and has age on his side so he can inspect projects without getting arthritis.
The governor has given quality reasons why he would support Uche Nwosu as governor. But contrary to what you may have heard, the governor has not endorsed him even as he is qualified to endorse whoever he wants to endorse.
Nobody wants his legacy to disappear, so endorsement is a natural process in any democratic system. During last election, the Catholic Church took a decision that they wanted to endorse, traders will endorse, traditional rulers will endorse, communities will endorse. And so the governor is also qualified to endorse whoever he wants to endorse but he has not said so.
He has not foisted any candidate on the masses because the party will still go through primary. That is the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the party’s guideline as well as the Electoral Act.
On why the governor is backing his son-in-law to succeed him, he said:
People talk about his son-in-law and I tend to ask where do we borrow our democracy from? “Look at American history, some times in the history of America, it was the Kennedys, the Kennedy Dynasty and Hegemony, if not for death and perhaps some other factors, maybe they may have ruled America for a very long time.
Look at the Bush family. Bush Senior was the President of America and his two sons were governors of two states in America. After Bill Clinton came, Bush junior became president of America. If it was in Nigeria, people will shout blue. After Clinton, his wife wanted to become president of America and almost defeated Obama. She later contested against the present American president and won the popular vote in the election.
If America where we borrow our democracy from are wise in doing this, why are we pedestal to be talking about son-in-law?” If Uche Nwosu now divorces his wife, is he now qualified to run? At times, we push morality to the extreme in Nigeria! The governor wants somebody that can come and supercedes him, he does not want somebody that will come and take us back to Egypt,
he said in a statement.
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