Orlu Senatorial Seat: War in Imo as Okorocha battles Uzodimma.
•Court grants Okorocha ticket, 12 Chairmen back go vernor By Omeiza Ajayi – ABUJA The fight over who flies the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag in Imo West Senatorial District has turned into open war, with the party’s 12 local government chairmen in the zone rejecting a court judgment that handed the ticket to former Governor Rochas Okorocha and insisting that Governor Hope Uzodimma remains the candidate.
State APC chairman, Austin Onyedebelu spoke on behalf of the Chairmen.
Said he: “We reject this judgment in its entirety because it is an undisguised travesty of justice.
It is a political robbery clothed in legal robes, the latest instalment of a satanic scheme hatched by Abuja politicians against the South-East,” the chairmen declared. Justice Obiora Egwuatu ruled on Thursday that Okorocha, and not the governor, won the party’s May 18 primary for the district. He held that Okorocha had produced “sufficient evidence” that he won the exercise, which was monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Court order The court ordered the APC to forward Okorocha’s name to INEC and directed the commission to publish him as the party’s validly nominated candidate.
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