A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to publish the name of former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, as the All Progressives Congress candidate for the Imo West Senatorial District in the 2027 general elections. Justice Obiora Egwuatu also ordered the incumbent governor, Hope Uzodimma, to stop parading
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, to immediately stop presenting himself as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Imo West Senatorial election slated for January 16, 2027. Justice Egwuatu subsequently ordered the APC to forward Okorocha’s name as the candidate of the APC in the 2027 general elections for the Imo West Senatorial election.
…orders INEC to recognise ex-Gov Okorocha By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday nullified the emergence of Governor Hope Uzodinma as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Imo West Senatorial election slated for January 16, 2027. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Obiora Egwuatu, held that evidence before it established that Governor Uzodinma was not the valid winner of the primary election the APC conducted in the senatorial zone on May 18, which was monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – Following the Court of Appeal judgment upholding the nullification of the APC primary in Zamfara North Senatorial District, party chieftain and aspirant, Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw Senator Sahabi Alhaji Ya’u’s name as the party’s candidate. “It is curious that INEC continues to parade Senator Sahabi Alhaji Ya’u as the APC Zamfara North Senatorial candidate in defiance of the Court of Appeal judgment and the Federal High Court Gusau judgment,” Shinkafi said.
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has been asked to declare that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is ineligible to field a candidate in the 2027 governorship election in Rivers State. The deponent told the court that, rather than examining its records to determine whether the APC had complied with Section 77(5)-(7) of the Electoral Act, 2026, and the Supreme Court’s judgment in respect of its gubernatorial primaries for Rivers State, INEC published a final list of political parties and candidates to contest the Rivers State governorship poll.
By Golok Nanmwa JOS — The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday conducted a court-ordered rerun primary election in 11 wards of Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency of Plateau State, amid delays in the arrival of electoral officials and materials in parts of Jos South. “We are here in Plateau State on behalf of the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, empowered by the National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, in response to the High Court judgment that instructed the APC to conduct a rerun in eleven wards of Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency,” Karu said.
By Adegboyega Adeleye After the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declares a winner of the presidential election, the Commission must publish the candidates’ scores and the name of the person returned as elected. INEC must issue a sealed certificate of return to a candidate returned by the returning officer within 14 days.