A Federal Top Court docket in Abuja has ordered Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, to prevent parading himself as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Imo West Senatorial District election scheduled for January 16, 2027, after ruling that former governor Rochas Okorocha received the birthday celebration’s number one election.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu issued the order after keeping that Uzodimma did no longer win the APC number one performed on Would possibly 18 and monitored by way of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC).
In his judgment, Justice Egwuatu held that proof introduced ahead of the court docket proved that Okorocha secured the majority of votes solid at the number one election and must be recognised as the winner.
The pass judgement on as a result ordered the APC to ahead Okorocha’s title to INEC for e-newsletter as the birthday celebration’s candidate for the Imo West Senatorial District in the 2027 normal elections.
The court docket’s choice successfully bars Uzodimma from proceeding to provide himself as the APC’s senatorial candidate for the district.
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