Tag: Imo
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Imo: Okorocha is finished politically, says Uzodinma
Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State Senator Hope Uzodinma has pronounced Governor Rochas Okorocha dead politically. He said the governor should apologise to Imo indigenes for his misrule rather than looking for scapegoats for his failure.In a statement in Abuja, Uzodinma said Okorocha should hide his face in shame rather…
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BREAKING: INEC declares PDP’s Ihedioha winner of Imo governorship poll
A former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, has been declared winner of the governorship election in Imo State. He polled 273,404 ahead of his closest rival and candidate of the Action Alliance, Uche Nwosu, who polled a total of 190,364. Nwosu is the son in-law of Governor Rochas Okorocha who strongly…
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184,678 voters to participate in Imo supplementary elections
No fewer than 184,678 voters will be participating in Saturday’s supplementary elections in two federal and one senatorial constituencies where elections were declared inconclusive in Imo State. The election will be held along with that of governorship and House of Assembly elections. Resident Electoral Commissioner, Francis Chukwuemeka Ezeonu, who disclosed this at a briefing in…
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Okorocha’s suspension well deserved – Imo APC
Some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo have described Gov. Rochas Okorocha’s suspension by the party’s National Working Committee(NWC) as well deserved. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the development on Saturday, a party chieftain, Dr Jude Agu, said Okorocha had been engaged in anti party activities in his…
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Suspension: Oshiomhole has outlived his usefulness in our party – Imo APC
…demands his immediate resignation The Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Saturday called on the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, to tender his resignation letter for suspending the governors of Imo and Ogun states. At a press conference in Owerri, the APC chairman in the state, Daniel Nwafor, said that…
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Thugs set INEC office ablaze in Imo
Political thugs on Sunday night set ablaze the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. According to reports, the thugs working for one of the strong politicians in the area accused INEC officials of collaborating with people to manipulate the collation of results. The setting…
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BREAKING: Gunmen assassinate APC chairman in Imo
Unknown gunmen on Tuesday assassinated the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Logara/Umuohiagu Ward in Ngor Okpala Council Area of Imo state, Ifeanyi Ozoemena. He was murdered on Tuesday night shortly after presiding over a meeting of the party in the ward. The development sparked off fear in the state ahead of Saturday’s…
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2019: Okorocha shuns Imo APC guber campaign, allegedly blocks access to stadium
The governorship campaign of the All Progressives Congress(APC) kicked off on Friday in Owerri with Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha conspicuously missing. But the National Chairman Comrade Adams Oshiomole led other national officers of the party to the event. Members of the State Executive Committee of the party were also absent at the scantily attended…
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2019: APC dissolves state, LG, ward excos in Ogun, Imo
The All Progressives Congress has dissolved the executive committees in Imo and Ogun states. Also dissolved were the local government and ward executives in the two states. Their dissolution formed part of the resolutions reached during the National Working Committee meeting presided over by the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, in Abuja on Tuesday. In their…
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Retired Deputy Commissioner of Police, wife murdered in Imo
A retired Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Innocent Brown and his wife were in the early hours of Thursday, assassinated in their home in Umuoke community in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State. Confirming the incident, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Superintendent of Police, Godson Ikeokwu, said that he is aware of…