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COURT SACKS UZODINMA AS APC SENATORIAL CANDIDATE

October 29, 2026 • Dons Eze • 1 min read

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove the name of Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma, as the Senatorial candidate for Imo West.

The court specifically asked the electoral umpire to replace Uzodinma as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with the name of former governor Rochas Okorocha.

Justice Obiora Egwuatu gave the order after holding that Uzodinma did not win the May 18 primary election conducted by the APC and monitored by INEC.

The INEC had slated Presidential, Senatorial and House of Representatives elections for January 16, 2027.

Delivering his judgment, the judge held that evidence presented before the court proved that Okorocha actually won the majority of the votes cast at the poll and should be published as the winner of the election.

Egwuatu subsequently ordered the APC to forward Okorocha’s name as candidate of the APC in the 2027 general elections for Imo West Senatorial election.

Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.