Former Senator for Imo North, Athan Achonu, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party for the November 11 election in Imo State, Southeast Nigeria.
Gatekeepers News reports that Achonu won at the governorship election primary held in Owerri, the state capital on Saturday.
The Chairman of the Election Panel and governor-elect of Abia State, Alex Otti, declared Achonu the winner of the primary, having scored the highest number of votes.
Achonu scored 134 votes to beat his closest rival Jack Ogunewe, a retired major general, who scored 121 votes.
In a remark, Achonu said the mandate meant a lot to him, promising never to disappoint.
He was elected into the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2015 to represent Imo North on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
However, in December 2015, the Appeal Court sitting in Owerri, sacked him and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Benjamin Uwajumogu was then declared the winner of the polls.
