Okorocha Declared Winner of Imo State Governorship Election

Governor of Imo State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Rochas Okorocha, secured a second term in office after INEC declared him winner of the Imo State Governorship election.

Okorocha was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the supplementary election of Saturday.

The re-run was between Governor Okorocha and Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Governor Okorocha polled 416,996 votes while Mr Ihedioha got 320,705 votes.

After the election was declared inconclusive on April 12 by INEC, the incumbent Governor expressed optimism that he would come out victorious in the election.