Politics
Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha wins the Governorship Election in Imo State

Prof Francis Otonta, the returning officer of INEC announced the final results at the Imo governorship election collation centre in Owerri, the state capital on Tuesday, March 12, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Ihedioha, who has contested for the position of the Governor under PDP in 2015 after his tenure as the deputy speaker of the federal House of Representative has contested again in 2019 and has been declared winner.
Emeka, won in 11 of the 27 local government area, polling a total 273,404 votes to defeat his closest contender, Mr Uche Nwosu of the Action Alliance (AA) who won in 10 LGAs and scored 190,364 votes.
Other contestants in the 70-man Imo gubernatorial contest include Mr Ifeanyi Araraume of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), a former senator who had 114,676 votes, winning in four LGAs only.
A serving Senator representing Imo west senatorial district who decamped from PDP to APC, Senator Hope Uzodinma garnered 96,458 votes and won in two LGAs alone to take the 4th position.
Below are the breakdown of the results from all 27 LGAs:
Nkwere LGA
APC: 2,147
PDP: 1,889
AA: 8,205
APGA: 1,104
Aboh Mbaise LGA
APC: 3,479
PDP: 64,219
AA: 4,296
APGA: 2,520
Ikeduru LGA
APC: 3,139
PDP: 14,848
AA: 4,006
APGA: 2,088
Onu IMO LGA
APC: 081217
PDP: 2063
AA: 4173
APGA: 4577
ORSU LGA
APC: 3,780
PDP: 2596
AA: 6203
APGA: 3198
Owerri municipal LGA
APC: 1540
PDP: 10118
AA: 2617
APGA: 1549
Mbaitoli LGA
APC: 3704
PDP: 13358
AA: 5869
APGA: 5777
Uguta LGA
APC: 1644
PDP: 5663
AA: 3431
APGA: 2441
Nwageli LGA
APC: 1831
PDP: 3482
AA: 9934
APGA: 2067
Orlu LGA
APC: 3,007
PDP: 5,053
AA: 9,659
APGA: 3423
Okigwe LGA
APC: 1,843
PDP: 5,443
AA: 8,469
APGA: 8,365
ORU West LGA
APC: 6,435
PDP: 4,393
AA: 5016
APGA: 5764
Ohaji Egbema
APC; 4,585
PDP: 6,250
AA: 20,050
APGA: 4476
Ideato North LGA
APC: 3723
PDP: 3064
AA: 5599
APGA: 2152
ISU LGA
APC: 2423
PDP: 3235
AA: 7695
APGA: 2873
ORU East LGA
APC: 24,257
PDP: 4,806
AA: 4,531
APGA: 1,524
Owerri west LGA
APC: 2,868
PDP: 12,878
AA: 2538
APGA: 2660
Njaba LGA
APC: 3,480
PDP: 4,043
AA: 8,297
APGA: 3,480
Obowo LGA
APC: 1939
PDP: 6198
AA: 4929
APGA: 5385
Isiala Mbano
APC: 1,893
PDP: 3,589
AA: 3,383
APGA: 1,7817
Ezinihitte Mbaise.
APC: 1462
PDP: 1356
AA: 2646
APGA: 1356
Ahiazu Mbaise LGA
APC: 971
PDP: 32,987
AA: 3395
APGA: 2405
Ehime Mbano
APC: 3094
PDP: 5238
AA: 5477
APGA: 12,410
Ihitte/uboma LGA
APC: 3,160
PDP: 4,234
AA: 5,444
APGA: 5,692
Ideato South.
APC: 4,893
PDP: 3,600
AA: 40,438
APGA: 4,656
Owerri North
APC: 2272
PDP: 12,797
AA: 2,988
APGA: 4,404
Ngor okpala
APC: 2310
PDP: 11,502
AA: 4,797
APGA: 2,308.

