Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has dump his deputy and picked a female Lawyer, Barr. Nnedinma Ekomaru as his running mate for the November 11, Governorship election in Imo.
This is coming after women groups in the state had called on him to pick a female running mate.
According to Leadership news report, Truthlive news learnt that Barr. Ekomaru’s name has been formally submitted to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja as Uzodimma’s running mate.
Mrs. Ekomaru, a native of the State’s Mbaitoli local government area and a lawyer for more than 20 years, is not a well-known politician.
She is married to Chief Chukwuma Ekomaru (SAN), a distinguished lawyer who once ran for governor of the state under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) but lost in the primary elections.