The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma says the result of the presidential election in Imo State won’t determine the winner of the upcoming governorship election in the south east state in November.
Recall that the Labour Party scored over 300,000 votes in the February 25 presidential election in Imo State compared to the 66,171 votes Uzodimma’s All Progressives Congress got in the state.
However, speaking on Thursday during an interview on Channels TV, Uzodimma said the governorship election is a different ball game and the dynamics are different from that of the presidential poll.
He maintained that he has all it takes to win a second term in office in the November 11 election.
“Presidential election in Nigeria is not calculated or used to assess governorship election. In a presidential election, the result is called according to votes in all states of Nigeria. In the number of votes cast in Nigeria, APC won.
“In the governorship election, the result will be based on votes cast in Imo State. And until that is done nobody is going to beat his chest to tell you this is going to be the result,” Uzodimma said.
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