Nigeria, March 8 -- The political atmosphere in Imo State has arguably never been this electrified.

The most typical discussion amongst groups in the state today is the question of who wins the governorship race tomorrow.

Hope Uzodinma, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) would have had it easy. He would have flown through the wings of the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the presidential election.

However, the crisis within the APC in the state, caused by the ambition of the outgoing governor, Rochas Okorocha, to choose his replacement, may well become the party's Achilles heel.

The race was to be a straight one between candidates of the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but the controversy that tra...