Uzodimma remains our Imo West candidate, APC insists

By Emmanuel Iheaka
The Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has insisted that Governor Hope Uzodimma remains its candidate for Imo West Senatorial District in the 2027 general elections, despite a Federal High Court judgment declaring former governor Rochas Okorocha the winner of the party’s senatorial primary.

The court, sitting in Abuja, had on Thursday declared Okorocha the winner of the primary and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise him as the APC candidate for the district.

However, the party’s state Publicity Secretary, Onwuasoanya FCC Jones, maintained in a statement that Uzodimma won the primary with the majority...