O.J. Aboje, counsel to former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has reacted to the Abuja Federal High Court judgment which eliminated incumbent governor, Hope Uzodinma, as the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for Imo West Senatorial District.
DAILY POST studies that the court, on Thursday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to publish Okorocha’s name as the genuine winner of the APC senatorial main election.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu, who delivered the judgment, additionally restrained Governor Uzodinma from parading himself as the ruling social gathering’s senatorial candidate for the January 16, 2027 election.
The court held that Uzodinma didn’t win the social gathering’s main election performed on May 18, 2026.
Reacting to the judgment, Okorocha’s lawyer, who addressed journalists on the court premises, expressed pleasure over the event.
He additionally declared that his shopper received the first election, alleging that the ruling social gathering wrongly submitted Uzodinma’s name to INEC as its candidate.
He stated, “The court was convinced that the primary election was won by Rochas Okorocha but most unfortunately, APC forwarded the name of the wrong person. Someone who does not win in the election.
“The court determined that at this juncture, the social gathering doesn’t have the correct to ahead the name of somebody who doesn’t win the election.
“Okorocha won the election and the court has ordered his name to be published. We give God the glory and we congratulate Rochas Okorocha and the people of his zone.”
