By Ayodele Oni
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has maintained that he remains Imo West Senatorial District candidate for the 2027 general election.
The Governor vowed not to relinquish his ambition to represent the Senatorial District at the national assembly, despite a court judgment ordering the removal of his name as the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate.
Uzodimma described reports that he would hand over the ticket to another aspirant as false, insisting that nobody would take his place in the race.
The governor spoke after attending a Mass at the Government House Chapel in Owerri, where he urged residents to support the APC candidates ahead of the forthcoming elections.
He declared “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.”
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had, on October 29, 2026, directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to remove Uzodimma’s name as the APC senatorial candidate for Imo West and replace it with that of former Governor Rochas Okorocha.
The presiding Judge, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, reportedly ruled that Uzodimma did not emerge as the winner of the party’s primary election conducted on May 18.
However, the APC in Imo State has rejected the judgment, maintaining that the incumbent governor remains its candidate.
While urging voters to rally behind the ruling party, Uzodimma declared that the APC would field candidates for all elective positions, including the National and State Assemblies.
He listed Patrick Ndubueze as the party’s senatorial candidate for Okigwe Zone, himself for Orlu Zone and Alex Mbata for Owerri Zone.
Meanwhile, Okorocha had described the court judgment as a triumph for democracy and the judiciary.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Sam Onwuemodo, the former governor also commended President Bola Tinubu, saying his administration has provided an environment for democratic institutions to function effectively.
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