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GOVERNOR Hope Uzodinma has dropped his deputy, Prof Placid Njoku, ahead of the November 11 governorship election in the state.
In the list released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Uzodinma replaced Placid with a female deputy governorship candidate, Ekemaru Chinyere Ihuoma.
The list also included 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.
