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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared as the winner of Saturday\u2019s gubernatorial election in Imo State.<\/p>\n

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced this on Sunday in Owerri.<\/p>\n

The State Returning Officer for the election, Prof Abayomi Fasina, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, said the governor got 540,308 votes to defeat other candidates.<\/p>\n

According to INEC, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Samuel Anyanwu, came a distant second with 71,503 votes, while the Labour Party candidate, Athan Achonu, came third with 64,081 votes.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared as the winner of Saturday\u2019s gubernatorial election in Imo State. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced this on Sunday in Owerri. The State Returning Officer for the election, Prof Abayomi Fasina, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":100592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,1018,254,1594],"class_list":["post-100594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-imo","tag-nigeria","tag-uzodimma"],"yoast_head":"\nUzodinma wins Imo guber election - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared as the winner of Saturday\u2019s gubernatoria ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uzodinma-wins-imo-guber-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uzodinma wins Imo guber election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared as the winner of Saturday\u2019s gubernatoria ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uzodinma-wins-imo-guber-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-12T08:22:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-12T12:30:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1699775782.690823.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uzodinma-wins-imo-guber-election#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uzodinma-wins-imo-guber-election\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Uzodinma wins Imo guber election\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-12T08:22:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-12T12:30:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uzodinma-wins-imo-guber-election\"},\"wordCount\":110,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uzodinma-wins-imo-guber-election#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1699775782.690823.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Imo\",\"Nigeria\",\"Uzodimma\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uzodinma-wins-imo-guber-election#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uzodinma-wins-imo-guber-election\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uzodinma-wins-imo-guber-election\",\"name\":\"Uzodinma wins Imo guber election - 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