Uche Nwosu, a former Chief of Staff to Governor Rochas Okorocha, have emerged the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate for the 2019 Imo Governorship election in a rescheduled primary election.
It can be recalled that he was beaten by Senator Hope Uzodimma in an earlier primary election, which was cancelled by the National Working Committee of the party.
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Mr Nwosu pulled a total of 269,524 votes to beat his closest rival Chuks Ololo who got 6,428 votes.
The Chairman of the Governorship Primary Electoral Committee, Brigadier General Ibrahim Agbabiaka, who announced the results said, “having scored the highest votes in the election to beat eight other aspirants, Uche Nwosu has been declared as the winner of the election”.
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Mr Nwosu while reacting to his victory said, in the spirit of sportsmanship, he is extending his hand of fellowship to other aspirants who contested the election to work together for the success of the party in the 2019 elections.
He assured Imo indigenes that “if elected Governor of the state in 2019, he will not disappoint the people”.