Court Sacks Governor Hope Uzodinma As APC Senatorial Candidate For Imo West
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, October 29, 2026, nullified the emergence of Governor Hope Uzodinma as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Imo West Senatorial election slated to hold on Saturday, January 16, 2027. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Obiora Egwuatu, held the evidence before it established that Governor Uzodinma was not the valid winner of the primary election the APC conducted in the senatorial zone on Monday, May 18, 2026, which was monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to the court, it was a former Governor of the state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, who garnered the highest number of votes cast at the primary election and therefore ought to have been nominated by the party. Consequently, Justice Egwuatu ordered INEC to forthwith recognise Senator Okorocha and publish his name as the authentic candidate of the APC for the senatorial poll. It further issued an order barring Governor Hope ...









