Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has dismissed hypothesis that he might lose the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial ticket for Imo West forward of the forthcoming elections.
The governor spoke on Sunday after attending a mass on the Government House Chapel in Owerri, the state capital.
“If they tell you that I will hold this ticket and somebody will collect it and give it to another, tell the person it is a lie,” he stated.
Uzodimma additionally known as on residents to assist the APC within the forthcoming elections, insisting that his political camp wouldn’t align with some other social gathering.
“Go and campaign for the party, our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). There is no other political party we are going with,” he stated.
He additional outlined the APC candidates he expects residents to assist throughout the state’s legislative constituencies, sustaining that the social gathering would area candidates for all positions.
“For house of assembly, it is APC. For house of representatives, it is APC,” he stated.
The governor recognized Patrick Ndubueze because the APC senatorial candidate for Okigwe zone, whereas naming himself because the social gathering’s candidate for Orlu zone and Alex Mbata for Owerri zone.
“For senate, your senator in Okigwe zone is Patrick Ndubueze, in Orlu zone it is my humble self (Hope Uzodimma), and in Owerri zone it is (Alex) Mbata,” he stated.
His feedback come days after a Federal High Court in Abuja directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take away his title because the APC candidate for Imo West Senatorial District and exchange it with that of former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu, who presided over the case, dominated that Okorocha gained the APC senatorial main carried out on 18 May by securing nearly all of votes.
The decide faulted INEC for recognising Uzodimma’s nomination regardless of what he described as “overwhelming documentary evidence that the governor did not win the primary.”
Okorocha, who ruled Imo State between 2011 and 2019, had instituted the swimsuit in August, difficult INEC’s recognition of Uzodimma because the social gathering’s candidate.
Reacting to the judgment, the previous governor described the ruling as a victory for the individuals of Imo West and expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu, alleging that the presidency was now not backing the scenario in Imo State.
He additionally praised the judiciary, saying the choice demonstrated that justice is now not on the market to the best bidder.
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