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JUST IN: Okorocha wins as courtroom sacks Uzodimma as Imo West APC senatorial candidate

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The Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified Governor Hope Uzodimma’s emergence because the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Imo West Senatorial District election scheduled for January 16, 2027.

In a judgment delivered on Thursday, Justice Obiora Egwuatu held that the proof earlier than the courtroom confirmed that Uzodimma was not the legitimate winner of the APC senatorial main performed on May 18 and monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The courtroom dominated that former Imo State governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, secured the highest quantity of votes in the main and was subsequently entitled to the celebration’s nomination.

Consequently, Justice Egwuatu ordered INEC to recognise Okorocha and publish his identify as the APC’s genuine candidate for the Imo West senatorial election.

The courtroom additionally barred Uzodimma from presenting himself as the celebration’s candidate for the ballot.

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