Buhari hosts Uzodinma in Abuja [PHOTOS]

Earlier today, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari met with the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Hope Odidika Uzodinma is a Nigerian politician and current Governor of Imo State. On 14 January 2020, the Supreme Court in Nigeria declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress winner of the 2019 governorship poll in Imo State nullifying the election of incumbent Emeka Ihedioha.

See photos from the meeting below:

Hope Uzodinma began his political career during the Second Nigerian Republic, joining the ruling National Party of Nigeria (NPN), where in 1983, he became the Imo State youth leader. In the 1990s, with the aborted transition to the Third Nigerian Republic, Uzodinma featured prominently as a member of the United Nigeria Congress Party.

On 11 November 2018, Uzodinma was allegedly arrested by a special investigation panel for the failure of one of his companies to execute a US$12 million contract for the dredging of Calabar channel. Uzodinma later denied ever being arrested, saying it was an attempt to stop his campaign for governor.