Senator Athan Achonu has emerged the governorship candidate of the Labour Party for the November 11 governorship election in Imo State.
Achonu, who represented Imo North senatorial district in 2015 to 2019, won in a keenly-contested election held in Owerri, the state capital, on Saturday night.
Abia governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, chairman of the election panel, declared Achonu the winner of the primary election, having scored the highest number of votes.
Otti, who declared the result as the returning officer of the election, said that Achonu scored 134 votes while his closest rival, Jack Ogunewe, got 121 votes.
There was jubilation at the venue immediately Achonu was returned as the winner of the election by Otti.
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