25th April, 2015
From all indications, Governor Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Congress will soon be declared governor-elect of Imo state, for a second term, defeating the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Emeka Ihedioha, by not less than 100,000 votes.
In most results declared today at polling units where supplementary polls were condicted, Okorocha trashed his PDP opponent by wide margins, making his re-election a certainty.
Ihedioha’s hope for a push was deflated today with the arrest of some his backers, such as Senator Hope Uzodinma, for trying to stuff ballot boxes with thumb-printed ballot papers.
When the result of the 11 April election was declared inconclusive, Okorocha was leading Ihedioha by over close to 80,000 votes.
He polled 385,671 votes to Ihedioha’s 306,142 votes.
The supplementary polls were meant to resolve the clear winner and today, the votes kept swinging to Okorocha, in the main.
Here are some samples of the results from the polling stations:
Oru West
APC: 395
PDP: 129
Oru East
APC: 7154
PDP: 118
Owerri North
APC: 674
PDP: 620
Onuimo
APC: 412
PDP: 207
Ihime Mbano
APC: 604
PDP: 393
Abo Mbaise
APC: 686
PDP: 939
Owerri West
APC: 1342
PDP: 793
Ohaji Egbema
APC: 1210
PDP: 996
Mbaitoli
APC: 3997
PDP: 2422
Ngow Okpala
APC: 4150
PDP: 323
Nkwerre Local Government. Re-run held in two wards.
APC: 255
PDP: 164
Okigwe (re-run in two wards)
APC: 603
PDP: 76
Orlu (re-run held in three wards)
APC: 687
PDP: 179
Ihite Uboma (re-run held in one polling unit)
APC: 131
PDP: 66
Nwangele (re-run held in three polling units)
APC: 279
PDP: 55
Orsu (re-run held in three polling units)
APC: 471
PDP: 218
Njaba (re-run held in six polling units)
APC: 1095
PDP: 236
Obowo (re-run held in two wards)
APC: 697
PDP: 505
Ezinhitte Mbaise (re-run held at four polling units)
APC: 213
PDP: 715