Imo State Governor and All Progressives Congress candidate, Hope Uzodimma, leads in the 20 Local Government Areas announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
According to INEC, Uzodimma has garnered a total of 429,518 votes across these 20 LGAs. The announced LGAs include 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, while results from the remaining seven LGAs are 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 brake to enable some LGA Retuning officers to reconcile their results.
