Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered the governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma to instantly cease presenting himself as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Imo West Senatorial election slated for January 16, 2027.
Justice Egwuatu issued the order on Thursday after holding that Uzodinma didn’t win the May 18 major election performed by the APC and monitored by INEC.
The decide held that proof introduced earlier than the courtroom proved that former governor Rochas Okorocha truly gained majority of the votes forged on the ballot and must be revealed winner of the election.
Egwuatu subsequently ordered the APC to ahead Okorocha’s title to INEC as candidate of the APC within the 2027 basic elections for Imo West Senatorial election.
The Judge discovered that a lot of the paperwork used to appoint Uzodinma had been fabricated in breach of the 1999 Constitution and the Electoral Act.
Uzodinma is the incumbent Governor of Imo state and his tenure will lapse on January 14, 2028.
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