Uzodinma: Okorocha’s lawyer welcomes court order directing INEC to publish ex-governor’s name as APC candidate

The Abuja Federal High Court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish Rochas Okorocha as the winner of the APC senatorial primary in Imo West. Justice Obiora Egwuatu also barred Governor Hope Uzodinma from presenting himself as the party’s candidate for the January 16, 2027 election, ruling that he had not won the May 18, 2026 primary. Okorocha’s lawyer, O.J. Aboje, welcomed the judgment and said the APC had wrongly submitted the name of a candidate who did not win.