Anastasia Okechukwu Reporting
The former Senator who represented Imo North, Senator Athan Achonu, has emerged as the Labour Party Governorship Candidate for the November 11 election in Imo.
Achonu clinched victory in a primary election held in Owerri on Saturday, scoring 134 votes to defeat fifteen other candidates.
Declaring the result, the Abia State Governor-elect, Alex Otti and the chairman of the Imo State Labour Party Governorship primary election panel said Senator Achonu scored 134 votes, followed by his closet rival, Jack Ogunen who scored 125.
Shortly after the declaration, Achonu appreciated the party’s stakeholders and delegates for the role they played in his victory and promised not to disappoint them.


