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Former Governor Rochas Okorocha has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for publishing Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as the candidate for the 2027 Imo West Senatorial District election.
Okorocha, in the suit filed by his lawyer, O.J. Aboje, joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a defendant.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the originating summons, filed on 13 August, is marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1854/2026.
The applicant, also a former senator, posed five questions for determination.
He wants the court to determine whether INEC is not bound by the reports of its officers who monitored the APC primaries, duly conducted on 18 May for the nomination of its candidate for the Imo West Senatorial District for the 2027 general elections, which he claims he won.
He also wants the court to determine, regarding the provisions of Section 183 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), whether INEC’s publication of Uzodimma’s name on 1 August as the winner of the APC primary for the Imo West Senatorial District in the 2027 poll was wrongful.
Okorocha, therefore, sought 10 reliefs if his questions were answered in his favour.
He urged the court to declare that it was unconstitutional for INEC to publish Uzodimma’s name as the APC’s candidate on 1 August when he did not emerge as the winner of the primary election conducted on 18 May.
He sought an order setting aside or voiding the publication made by INEC on 1 August, which declared Uzodimma as the person who won the highest votes in the APC primary election held on 18 May to contest as the preferred candidate for Imo West Senatorial District come 2027.
Okorocha prayed the court for an order directing INEC to recognise and publish his name as the duly nominated candidate of APC to contest the poll.
He also sought an order…
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