Former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has stated 90 per cent of Nigerian politicians wouldn’t stay in workplace if democracy had been practised appropriately, arguing that many officeholders didn’t emerge by means of the real selection of voters.
Speaking throughout an interview with Arise News on Thursday, Okorocha made the comment whereas reacting to the Federal High Court judgment nullifying Governor Hope Uzodimma’s emergence because the All Progressives Congress candidate for Imo West Senatorial District within the 2027 elections and directing the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise him because the winner of the get together’s May 18 main.
“If democracy is practiced the way it should be practiced, 90% of people holding office in Nigeria cannot hold office,” he stated.
Okorocha argued that political candidates had been typically imposed on voters slightly than rising by means of a reputable democratic course of.
“Most of them are not truly the choice of people. These are people who are imposed, opportunists, who find their way,” he stated.
The former governor stated the court docket judgment was vital past his private political contest, arguing that it raised broader questions in regards to the integrity of get together primaries and the electoral course of.
“My joy is not on the basis that I was declared a winner, but for the fact that so many misinformations paraded in the news media,” he stated.
Okorocha additionally maintained that the proof supporting his place was clear, saying, “The facts are too glaring.”
When requested about conflicting election information, together with figures that credited Uzodimma with 230,464 votes and Okorocha with 1,098 votes, alongside one other doc exhibiting Okorocha with 150,780 votes, he defended his place and referred to paperwork he stated he obtained from INEC.
He stated he obtained licensed paperwork from the electoral fee on July 22, 2026, and questioned the emergence of one other doc dated August 22, 2026, which he attributed to Uzodimma.
Uzodimma has stated he’ll attraction the judgment.
Okorocha stated his concern prolonged past being declared the winner of the first, stressing that the difficulty was in regards to the folks.
“It’s about the people,” he stated.
Ademide Adebayo
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