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He said, “I listened to the news yesterday, and it was so horrible, so terrible, that Governor Hope Uzodimma’s aides, namely his Deputy Chief of Staff and the National Vice Chairman of the APC, could berate a judge, insult a judge. 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.
Context & Background
✦Okorocha spoke on Tuesday on 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.
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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:Okorocha spoke on Tuesday on 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 Uzodimma’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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✦He said, “I listened to the news yesterday, and it was so horrible, so terrible, that Governor Hope Uzodimma’s aides, namely his Deputy Chief of Staff and the National Vice Chairman of the APC, could berate a judge, insult a judge.
✦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.
✦Okorocha spoke on Tuesday on 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.
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: Okorocha spoke on Tuesday on 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 Uzodimma’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, asks his successor, Hope Uzodimma, to caution his aides against attacking a judge over a court ruling on the APC tick
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He said, “I listened to the news yesterday, and it was so horrible, so terrible, that Governor Hope Uzodimma’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.
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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.
