Governor Hope Uzodimma has replaced his deputy, Prof Placid Njoku, with Mrs. Ekemaru Chinyere Ihuoma ahead of the November 11 governorship election in the state.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), list released showed Mrs. Ihuoma as Uzodinma’s running mate.
The INEC list also displayed the others thus the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Samuel Anyanwu, who chose a former House of Representatives member, Jones Onyeriri, as his deputy.
The Labour Party has Senator Athan Achonu as its governorship candidate with a former Reps member, Tony Nwulu, as his deputy.
Analysts said that the choice of a female deputy by APC aimed at capturing the votes of the female population in the state.
Mrs. Ihuoma is from the same Mbaike block as the PDP candidate, as well as coming from the same political block as Placid Njoku.
