Collation of results from the 2019 gubernatorial election in Imo state has come to an abrupt end as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agent tore result sheets.An argument broke out at the INEC collation center in Owerri, leading to a clash between agents of leading political parties in the state.The trouble started when PDP agent,Uche Onyeaguocha, said the result of [...]
Ifeanyi Ozoemena, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Logara/Umuohiagu ward in Ngor Okpala council area of Imo state, has been killed.Ozoemena was reportedly murdered shortly after presiding over a meeting of the party in the ward on Tuesday night.He was said to have been shot in front of his family members.Martin Opara, a community leader, who confirmed the killing, [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has advised members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo state to work together and ensure a peaceful election.He also asked the electorate to vote for who they want, amid the lingering crisis over the party's governorship race in the state.Buhari spoke at the APC presidential rally which held in Owerri, Imo state capital, on Tuesday.He [...]
A faction of the Imo All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended Rochas Okorocha from the party over alleged anti-party activities.Marcellinus Nlemigbo, caretaker committee chairman of the Imo APC faction, said the state governor had vowed to undermine the party and its electoral interest.The Matthew Omegara-led disciplinary committee set up to look into allegations of anti-party activities against Okorocha by one [...]
Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, has ordered the arrest of the branch managers of Ecobank and Access Bank in the state over the non-payment of the November salary of local government workers.The governor also suspended Stella Udogwu, accountant-general of the state, and directed that an acting accountant-general pending the appointment of a new person to the office.Okorocha said before now, [...]
Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, says the crisis rocking the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is beyond repair.The governor said this while receiving the party reconciliation committee led by Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, and Godswill Akpabio, senator representing Akwa Ibom north-west, at the Imo International Convention Centre (IICC), Owerri, the state capital.The governor said [...]
An Imo high court says Hope Uzodinma is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 governorship election in the state.The court, presided over by justice Kemakolam Ojiako, upheld the prayers of Eze Madumere, Imo deputy governor, and nullified the governorship primary held by governor Rochas Okorocha faction of Imo APC.The judge granted the prayers of Madumere [...]
Scores of operatives from the counter terrorism unit of the Imo state police command blocked the Owerri/Orlu road in the state capital on Saturday to protest lack of accommodation.According to PUNCH, the operatives who were demonstrating for the second day in a row caused traffic gridlock and panic in the area.The demonstrators, who reportedly wore masks to hide their identities, set [...]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has failed to publish the name of any governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo state.The party was not reflected in the list of parties for the 2019 governorship election published at the commission's office in Owerri, according to PUNCH.The commission published names of governorship candidates of about 67 political parties alongside [...]
Emeka Ihedioha, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has named Gerald Irona, an engineer as his running mate for the 2019 election.Vin Udokwu, director-general, Ihedioha Campaign Organization, announced this in a statement.He said Irona emerged through a wide-range consultation with relevant PDP stakeholders across the state.Until his nomination, Irona was the national deputy financial secretary of the PDP.He [...]
Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, has sacked 13 political office holders in the state, including Uche Nwosu, his son-in-law.Nwosu is believed to be Okorocha's preferred choice as the next governor of the state.In a statement on Wednesday, Samuel Onwuemeodo, chief press secretary to the governor, said the sacked appointees are seeking elective positions on the platform of the All [...]
Jude Egbuom, a Catholic priest, has been murdered in Nkwerre local government area of Imo state.According to PUNCH, Egbuom, who was the presiding priest of St. Patrick’s Catholic Parish in Amucha, Njaba LGA, was attackedat a barber's shop where he had gone to have a hair cut around 8pm on Monday.The armed attackers reportedly demanded his car keys and when he [...]
The Imo State Independent Electoral Commission has declared candidates of the All Progressives Congress as winners of Saturday’s local government election across the state.Ethelbert Ibebuchi, chairman of the electoral body, announced the results of the poll at the commission’s headquarters in Owerri on Sunday.He said 13 political parties fielded candidates in the elections across the 27 local government areas and [...]
A high court in Owerri, Imo state capital, has set free the 114 women who were arrested after staging a protest in support of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).A magistrate court in Owerri had ordered their detention. This sparked widespread criticism.At the court on Friday, Ejiofor Uche, lead counsel to the women, filed a bail [...]
Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, has inaugurated President Muhammadu Buhari reelection campaign council in the state. During the inauguration, Okorocha, who was represented by Uche Nwosu, his chief of staff, said the All Progressives Congress (APC) would win all the elective seats in the state in 2019.Nwosu, a governorship aspirant in Imo, said the campaign council will be chaired by [...]
An Imo state high court has halted the swearing-in of Calistus Ekenze as the new deputy governor of the state.This was announced as Pascal Nnadi, chief judge of the state, was about administering oath of office on Ekenze on Tuesday morning.Ekenze was to replace Eze Madumere who was impeached by the state house of assembly on Monday.The court had first [...]
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