Former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has hailed a court docket judgment in his dispute with Governor Hope Uzodimma over the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial main for Imo West, saying the ruling has vindicated him….
Former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has hailed a court docket judgment in his dispute with Governor Hope Uzodimma over the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial main for Imo West, saying the ruling has vindicated him.
Speaking to journalists after the judgment, Okorocha mentioned the court docket had upheld his claims and challenged any social gathering dissatisfied with the choice to enchantment.
“All the court agreed with me,” he mentioned. “But if they want to appeal, let them appeal. I’ll tackle them on it.”
Okorocha alleged that irregularities within the senatorial main outcomes fashioned a part of the dispute, claiming that entries throughout the 12 native authorities areas had been made by one particular person.
He additionally questioned discrepancies between ward-level outcomes and figures recorded on the native authorities collation stage, alleging that some ward consequence sheets contained no scores regardless of figures showing within the collation outcomes.
The former governor mentioned he had remained silent whereas allegations of forgery circulated, selecting as a substitute to await the court docket’s determination.
He urged the police to analyze these accountable for any solid paperwork fairly than goal folks he described as harmless.
“The police should go after those who forged and not go to an innocent man who presented a document,” he mentioned.
Okorocha additionally recommended the decide for what he described as a clear-headed evaluation of the case, whereas thanking his authorized crew and a forensic knowledgeable who he mentioned had confronted difficulties over his involvement within the matter.
He described the judgment as an indication that justice was not on the market, including that it will restore confidence within the judiciary.
The dispute centres on the APC senatorial main for Imo West, with Okorocha difficult the method that produced Uzodimma because the social gathering’s candidate.
