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 [...]
The Imo state house of assembly has started proceedings on the impeachment of Eze Madumere, deputy governor of the state.At plenary on Tuesday, Ugonna Ozuruigbo, deputy speaker, moved the motion that the impeachment process be served on Madumere.The deputy governor was accused of abandoning his duties for a long time, refusing to carry out official duties assigned to him by [...]
A federal high court in Owerri, Imo state, has annulled the wards and local government congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo state.In a ruling on Thursday, Lewis Allagoa, the presiding judge, held that the congresses never held in the state in May.The Imo chapter of the party has been enmeshed in crisis, leading to factions headed by [...]
A bridge inside the children’s amusement park at the Ikemba Ojukwu Centre in Owerri, Imo state capital, has reportedly collapsed.The bridge caved in on Tuesday evening after a heavy downpour, NAN reports.It was built by the administration of Rochas Okorocha, the state governor, and serves as a tourism site.There were no casualties from the incident.Ogechi Ololo, the state commissioner for happiness and [...]
Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, says those who claimed to have caged him can only do so in the office of John Oyegun, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).On Thursday Theo Ekechi, a former commissioner in the state, said stakeholders of APC in the state had made Okorocha irrelevant.“There has been wide jubilation in Imo because we [...]
The Imo chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) says it has shifted Saturday’s local government congress to Monday, citing advice by the party’s national working committee (NWC).Hilary Eke, chairman of the party in the state, said on Saturday that the advice to postpone the congress followed an attack by hoodlums on the party’s state secretariat on Friday.Eke also confirmed the indefinite [...]
Suspected hoodlums in Imo state, have set the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state on fire.The development comes less than 24 hours after Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo hosted the warring factions in the state at the presidential villa in Abuja.The meetings ended in a deadlock.Crisis broke out in the Imo chapter of the party after the ward [...]
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