BREAKING: APC REPORTEDLY REJECTS OKOROCHA’S SON-IN-LAW,
PICKS UZODIMA AS GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE
The
party dropped Uche Nwosu from the list - The party has been involved in a
tussle on whom the true flag-bearer is Senator Hope Uzodima has reportedly been
selected as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
in Imo state as his name has been submitted to the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC). Daily Trust reports that sources close to the
party said Senator Uzodima was selected ahead of Uche Nwosu who is the
son-in-law to Governor Rochas Okorocha. The Ahmed Ahmed Gulak committee had
declared Uzodima as flag-bearer of the party on October 1 in preference to
October 6 rescheduled election held by the Ibrahim Agbabiaka panel that
declared Nwosu as winner. Meanwhile, an FCT high court in Bwari, on Tuesday,
October 23, adjourned hearing in the Imo state All Progressives Congress (APC)
governorship primaries tussle indefinitely. The presiding judge, Justice Othman
Musa, announced the adjournment after reading a petition against his
proceedings, signed by one Bisike Chinaka, APC deputy chairman in Imo state. He
said that the petitioner alleged that he showed bias and favoritism in the
proceedings of the matter before it, while accusing the court of granting
orders in favour of Senator Hope Uzodima, who is a party in the matter. Musa,
after reading out the petition, explained that he would not be able to proceed
with the matter, while adding that since the petition was copied to the Chief
Judge of the FCT, Justice Ishaq Bello, he would however, await the reaction of
his boss. The petition, he said, was dated Monday, October 22. Part of the
petition read: “We have noticed that the proceedings before you which we have
keenly watched, appeared to be skewed in favour of Hope Uzodinma instead of
both parties being treated equally. “For instance, the court is always
referring to the order to show cause granted in favour of Hope Uzodinma, while
ignoring the others made in favour of Ugwumba Uche Nwosu as though the latter
orders were made by an inferior court. “We strongly accuse you of bias and
unable to discharge the oath of your office as such recuse yourself forthwith
and remit the case file to the chief judge.”
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