* Orders INEC to publish Okorocha’s identify
Alex Enumah in Abuja
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, to right away 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 performed by the APC and monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The decide, in his judgment, held that the proof offered earlier than the courtroom proved that former governor Rochas Okorocha truly gained majority of the votes solid on the ballot and needs to be revealed winner of the election.
Egwuatu subsequently ordered the APC to ahead Okorocha’s identify as candidate of the APC within the 2027 basic election for Imo West Senatorial election.
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