BREAKING: Okorocha secures senatorial ticket, as son in-law, Nwosu, becomes gov candidate

After one week of political horse – trading , the immediate past chief of staff to the governor of Imo State , Uche Nwosu , has been declared the governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state .
His father – in -law and incumbent Governor of the state , Rochas Okorocha , was also elected as the party’ s senatorial candidate for Imo West Senatorial District .

This is coming after the National Working Committee had cancelled the earlier primary which produced two aspirants — Senator Hope Uzodinma and Nwosu — as candidates and ordered for a rescheduled primary on Saturday .

Announcing the results of the rescheduled primary at the APC Secretariat in Owerri in the early hours of Sunday , the chairman of the electoral panel , Ibrahim Agbabiaka, said that Nwosu polled a total of 269 , 524 votes to defeat eight other aspirants .

According to him , the primary held in the 305 Independent National Electoral Commission’ s wards across the state .

Agbabiaka said that other aspirants , Uzodinma , got 2 , 729 votes ; the deputy governor of the state , Eze Madumere , 2 , 646 votes ; Jude Ejiogu , 3 , 656 votes ; and Chris Nlemoha , 925 votes .

Peter Gbujie, according to Agbabiaka, scored 4 , 855 votes ; George Eche , 2 , 445 votes ; Chima Anozie , 3 , 248 votes and Chuks Ololo , 6 , 428 votes .

Agbabiaka said , “ With the powers vested in me as the state returning officer , I hereby declare Uche Nwosu as the winner of the 2018 governorship primary in Imo State for the 2019 general election . ”

Uzodinma and five other aspirants , Madumere , Gbujie, Nlemoha , Eche , and Ejiogu had , on Saturday , announced that they would not be taking part in the rescheduled primary , saying that they were sticking to one of the results of the first contentious primary which was cancelled by NWC.

The panel also announced that Governor Okorocha polled 141 , 117 votes to defeat Uzodinma and Osita Izunaso , who garnered 1 , 359 and 24 votes respectively .

They also announced the immediate past commissioner for information in the state , Prof . Nnamdi Obiaraeri , as the winner of Imo North senatorial primary .

The panel disclosed that the professor of law got 67 , 438 votes to defeat the incumbent senator for the zone , Benjamin Uwajumogu, who got 5 , 743 votes .

Emma Ojinere was declared the winner of Imo East senatorial primary , having scored a total of 41 , 562 votes , as against Chima Anthony who got 37 , 815 votes and Max Igwe’ s 275 votes .

Nwosu , in his speech , shortly after he was declared the winner , said that he would immediately commence the process of reconciling with all the aspirants who lost out to him in the primary .

He said that what was utmost now that the primaries had come and gone was to make sure that APC wins the general elections in the state .

He declared his emergence as a major political milestone in the annals of political history in the state , saying , “ To my fellow youths, I am holding this mandate in trust for you . I shall not let you down .

“ Together , we shall move into Government House in 2019 . ”

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