The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party Senator Samuel Anyanwu has emerged as the PDP governorship candidate for the November 11 Imo State Governorship Election.
This followed the PDP’s primary held on Wednesday at its state secretariat along the Okigwe Road in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
Off-cycle governorship elections are expected to hold in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states on November 11, 2023.
According to the State Organising Secretary of the PDP, Lawrence Biado, the seven-man electoral panel constituted by the National Working Committee headed by Kenneth Okon is present to monitor the primary in Imo.
Anyanwu is expected to challenge the reelection of Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC)