{"id":5664,"date":"2023-11-13T07:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T07:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=5664"},"modified":"2023-11-13T07:57:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T07:57:01","slug":"controversy-surrounds-imo-kogi-gubernatorial-elections-as-uzodimma-ododo-secure-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/11\/13\/controversy-surrounds-imo-kogi-gubernatorial-elections-as-uzodimma-ododo-secure-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversy Surrounds Imo, Kogi Gubernatorial Elections as Uzodimma, Ododo Secure Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"__next\">\n<div class=\"relative z-0 flex h-full w-full overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"relative flex h-full max-w-full flex-1 flex-col overflow-hidden\">\n<p>The Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party raised objections on Sunday as Governor Hope Uzodimma, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, was declared the winner of Saturday\u2019s governorship poll in Imo State by the Independent National Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex h-full flex-col\" role=\"presentation\">\n<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-jmtud-79elbk h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-jmtud-1n7m0yu\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm gizmo:pb-9 dark:bg-gray-800 gizmo:dark:bg-transparent\">\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-210\">\n<div class=\"p-4 gizmo:py-2 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 gizmo:gap-3 gizmo:md:px-5 gizmo:lg:px-1 gizmo:xl:px-5 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] gizmo:md:max-w-3xl gizmo:lg:max-w-[40rem] gizmo:xl:max-w-[48rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gizmo:w-full lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full gap-3 gizmo:gap-0\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message peer flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words peer-[.text-message]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"3231b213-e0b7-4a9d-850c-8f4d118482e7\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p>Uzodimma secured a second term in office, winning in all 27 local government areas of the state, but the opposition parties called for a total poll cancellation, alleging collusion between security agents and APC members for election rigging.<\/p>\n<p>In Kogi, the APC candidate, Usman Ododo, emerged the winner with 446,237 votes, while results from Brass and Southern Ijaw local government areas in Bayelsa are expected to be announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversies, Uzodimma commended INEC and security agencies, stating that the election was free, fair, and very credible. However, the opposition vows to challenge the results in court, claiming irregularities and demanding a cancellation of the poll.<\/p>\n<p>LP&#8217;s Athan Aconu stated, \u201cOur democracy was raped in the full glare of security personnel, whose salaries we pay from our commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The situation remains tense as stakeholders await further developments and the resolution of the disputes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party raised objections on Sunday as Governor Hope Uzodimma, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, was declared the winner of Saturday\u2019s governorship poll in Imo State by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Uzodimma secured a second term in office, winning in all 27 local government areas of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":5668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5664"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5682,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5664\/revisions\/5682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}