President Bola Tinubu and ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo were among top personalities who attended the inauguration of Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State for a second term in office.
Also attended is the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, who was represented by his Deputy, Onyekachi Ibezim.
Tinubu, who was earlier at an event in Abuja for the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, landed at the Sam Mbakwe Airport in Owerri around 1 pm on Monday.
He was accompanied by some government officials and was welcomed by Uzodimma and other Imo leaders.
Obasanjo was also spotted at the event, which was held at the Dan Anyiam Stadium alongside other dignitaries.
The governor took the oath of office at around 3:24 pm, just minutes after Lady Chinyere Ekomaru took her oath of office as the Deputy Governor of Imo State.
Despite the sit-at-home event in the South-East, residents of Imo State trooped out en masse for the swearing-in event.
Monday’s inauguration came about two months after Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won a second term in office, defeating his closest rivals Samuel Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP)’s Athan Achonu
The governor got 540,308 votes, the PDP candidate secured 71, 503 votes, and Nneji Achonu polled 64,081 votes.
