Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has been unanimously elected the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum.
A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachuku, reads: “Governor Uzodimma’s latest responsibility came barely three days ago (after) he was conferred with the honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) by the former President Muhammadu Buhari and another honour, last weekend, by the former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike.”
The award, according to Wike, is given to individuals who have demonstrated capacity in leadership and service to their people and the society.
Also, Uzodimma has picked a female lawyer, Nnedinma Ekomaru, as his running mate for this year’s governorship election in the state.
The governor had submitted the name of Works Commissioner Ralph Nwosu as the placeholder and that of Mrs. Ekomaru as substitute at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja.
Sources closed to the APC secretariat confirmed the development to our correspondent.
Mrs. Ekomaru is married to fellow lawyer, Chief Chukwuma Ekomaru, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).