* Orders INEC to publish Okorocha’s title
Alex Enumah in Abuja
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, to instantly cease presenting himself because the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Imo West Senatorial election slated for January 16, 2027.
Justice Egwuatu issued the order after holding that Uzodinma didn’t win the May 18 major election carried out by the APC and monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The choose, in his judgment, held that the proof introduced earlier than the court docket proved that former governor Rochas Okorocha really gained majority of the votes solid on the ballot and must be revealed winner of the election.
Egwuatu subsequently ordered the APC to ahead Okorocha’s title as candidate of the APC within the 2027 common election for Imo West Senatorial election.
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