Hope Uzodimma Is The Duly Elected Gov Of Imo State, Tribunal Declares 

THE Imo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal yesterday upheld the election of Governor Hope Uzodimma as Imo State as the duly elected governor in the 11th November 2023 poll.

The tribunal, which gave its verdict in Abuja, also dismissed the petition of the Labour Party (LP) and its governorship candidate Athan Achonu.

In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay, the three-man panel of the tribunal held that Uzodimma’s election as Imo State governor complied substantially with the provisions of the Electoral Act.

The tribunal further held that the Labour Party in its petition failed to prove the allegation of overvoting and non-compliance with the Electoral Act.

Last year, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the 11 November governorship election in Imo State.

Uzodimma scored 540,308 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Senator Samuel Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 71,503 votes while Achonu, came third with 64,081 votes. None of the other 15 candidates had up to 10,000 votes.

Dissatisfied with the result, Achonu approached the court praying it to sack the governor, alleging electoral malpractices in some parts of the state.

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