Senator Achonu has been declared as the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the Imo State election. This was announced after the party’s primary election held on Saturday, April 15th in Owerri. Achonu emerged as the candidate with the highest number of votes (134), defeating his closest rival, Major General Jack Ogunewe, who scored 121 votes.
Achonu represented Imo North in 2015 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
But in December 2015, the Appeal Court in Owerri, Imo State capital, upturned his election and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Benjamin Uwajumogu, the winner.
So far, all three major parties have elected their candidates for the governorship election.
Senator Hope Uzodimma is the candidate of the APC, while Samuel Anyanwu is that of the PDP.
The Imo State election is slated for November 11, along with some other states holding off-cycle elections.
On March 18, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the government election with 28 states on March 18.
The election did not hold in Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Kogi, Osun and Ondo states, as elections to the office of governors of the states are held off-cycle and not part of the general elections.
