Imo state governor and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hope Uzodimma, is leading in the 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) so far announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission day after the governorship election in the state.
According to INEC, Uzodimma has scored a total of 429, 518 votes across the 20 out of 27 LGAs as already announced.
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 break early Sunday morning to enable some LGA Retuning officers to reconcile their results.
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