A statement signed by the Chairman, Alhaji Lawal Liman, described the judgement as a victory not only for the APC and the people of Imo State, but for all Nigerians.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Hope Uzodinma, as the winner of the election, nullifying the position of the Independent National Electoral Commission that declared Emeka Ihedioha of the PDP as winner.
This followed the Supreme Court judgment against Governor Emeka Ihedioha over the March 9, 2019 governorship election in the state.
The Peoples Democratic Party has expressed surprise at the judgment of the Supreme Court on the Imo state governorship election, describing it as ‘yet another very sad commentary on Nigeria’s democratic order’.
The All Progressives Congress says it is ecstatic over the Supreme Court’s declaration of Hope Uzodinma as the rightful winner of the 2019 Imo state governorship election.
Imo government says it has begun a probe into the fire that gutted part of the state-owned zoo in Nekede, Owerri West Local Government Area on January 11.
Tanko Mohammad, the Chief Justice of Nigeria and presiding Justice of a seven member panel sitting struck out the appeal following an oral application for withdrawal by counsel to the appeallant, Solomon Umoh SAN.
The light-skinned Imo-born with a form of Achondroplasia told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday that she would not fall below the quality in her dream man.
The Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has pledge the support of the government and people of the state for the success of the multibillion dollar Assa North/Ohaji South Gas Development Project.
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party during the 2019 elections, Peter Obi, has expressed shock over the death, on Wednesday in Abuja, of Rt. Hon. Benjamin Uwajumogu, the representative of Imo North Senatorial District.
Ihedioha, who gave the charge on Tuesday, directed that the payment should comment immediately.
Gov. Emeka Ihedioha of Imo has approved the extension by six months of the tenure of the Interim Management Committees of the 27 Local Government Areas of the state.
SP Ikeokwu Orlando, the Police Public Relations Office in Imo State, in a statement issued to the press confirmed that he was arrested in the early hours of Saturday following a petition filed by an upcoming rap artist, ‘M2’
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday arrested 29 suspected internet fraudsters, better known as Yahoo Yahoo Boys, in three different locations in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
The governor gave the warning in Owerri on Tuesday at the official launch of the Anti Retroviral Therapy Surge Response organised by the state government in collaboration with the United States Embassy in Nigeria and Caritas Nigeria.
Joseph, said to be due to be promoted to the rank of Inspector, was said to have shot and killed himself on Wednesday over alleged frustrations of life.
Imo State Government says it has awarded over N40 billion contracts for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of dilapidated roads in the state.
The appeals were filed against the judgment of the Imo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which upheld the election of Ihedioha.
Recall that on September 21, 2019, the Governorship Election Tribunal affirmed Ihedioha’s victory in the March 9, 2019 elections.
According to a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Emeka Ihedioha, Chibuike Onyeukwu, the group lacks legitimacy to speak for the state.