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APC primary: Caution your aides, Okorocha tells Uzodimma

APC primary: Caution your aides, Okorocha tells Uzodimma
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A former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has asked his successor, Hope Uzodimma, to caution his aides against attacking the judiciary over a Federal High Court judgment which nullified his emergence as the All Progressives Congress candidate for Imo West Senatorial District in the 2027 elections. The former governor spoke on Tuesday at the Federal High Court premises in Abuja, where he said he had gone to sign some documents at the court’s registry in connection with the appeal filed by Uzodimma against the judgment.
Context & Background
  • ✦Reacting to comments credited to the governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff and the APC National Vice Chairman, who reportedly described the judgment as rubbish and procured, Okorocha condemned what he described as attempts to intimidate the judiciary.
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2027:A former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has asked his successor, Hope Uzodimma, to caution his aides against attacking the judiciary over a Federal High Court judgment which nullified his emergence as the All Progressives Congress candidate for Imo West Senatorial District in the 2027 elections.Tuesday:The former governor spoke on Tuesday at the Federal High Court premises in Abuja, where he said he had gone to sign some documents at the court’s registry in connection with the appeal filed by Uzodimma against the judgment.yesterday:He said, “I listened to the news yesterday and it was so horrible, so terrible, that Governor Hope’s aides, namely his Deputy Chief of Staff and the National Vice Chairman of the APC, could berate a judge, insult a judge.
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  • ✦A former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has asked his successor, Hope Uzodimma, to caution his aides against attacking the judiciary over a Federal High Court judgment which nullified his emergence as the All Progressives Congress candidate for Imo West Senatorial District in the 2027 elections.
  • ✦The former governor spoke on Tuesday at the Federal High Court premises in Abuja, where he said he had gone to sign some documents at the court’s registry in connection with the appeal filed by Uzodimma against the judgment.
  • ✦Reacting to comments credited to the governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff and the APC National Vice Chairman, who reportedly described the judgment as rubbish and procured, Okorocha condemned what he described as attempts to intimidate the judiciary.
Key Facts:2027: A former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has asked his successor, Hope Uzodimma, to caution his aides against attacking the judiciary over a Federal High Court judgment which nullified his emergence as the All Progressives Congress candidate for Imo West Senatorial District in the 2027 elections.Tuesday: The former governor spoke on Tuesday at the Federal High Court premises in Abuja, where he said he had gone to sign some documents at the court’s registry in connection with the appeal filed by Uzodimma against the judgment.yesterday: He said, “I listened to the news yesterday and it was so horrible, so terrible, that Governor Hope’s aides, namely his Deputy Chief of Staff and the National Vice Chairman of the APC, could berate a judge, insult a judge.2027: The court consequently ordered the APC to submit Okorocha’s name to INEC as its candidate for the January 16, 2027 senatorial election.
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Former Imo governor, Rochas Okorocha, has asked his successor, Hope Uzodimma, to caution his aides against attacking the judiciary over a court judgment.

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A former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has asked his successor, Hope Uzodimma, to caution his aides against attacking the judiciary over a Federal High Court judgment which nullified his emergence as the All Progressives Congress candidate for Imo West Senatorial District in the 2027 elections.

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The primary parties identified in this coverage include Hope Uzodimma, All Progressives Congress, Federal Capital Territory.

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A former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has asked his successor, Hope Uzodimma, to caution his aides against attacking the judiciary over a Federal High Court judgment which nullified his emergence as the All Progressives Congress candidate for Imo West Senatorial District in the 2027 elections.

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