With victory in all 27 local government areas of Imo state, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the November 11, 2023 governorship election.

The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof Abayomi Fashina, who was the state Returning Officer declared Uzodimma re-elected on Sunday morning at about 10 am after over eight hours of collation of local government results.

“That you Hope Uzodimma of APC having satisfied the law is hereby returned elected,” Fashina declared.

His victory is however not without protests from Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party candidates who had earlier voiced their non-acceptance of the result on account of what they called massive rigging and irregularities..