Hope Uzodinma, the Imo State Governor and governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, has dropped his incumbent deputy, Placid Njoku. The governor has picked Lady Chinyere Ihuoma Ekomaro as his new running mate ahead of the November governorship election in the state. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Uzodinma unveiled his new running mate in Owerri, the state capital, on Saturday. The governor also boasted that his achievements in the last 43 months were enough to get him re-elected.