It said the election would hold as scheduled on Saturday.
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Some of the women, mostly of middle age and from the South East states, were half nude, while others dressed in black and marched through the streets of Owerri.
Bishop Solomon Amatu of the Catholic Diocese of Okigwe has enjoined politicians and their supporters to ensure that the 2019 general election is conducted under a free-and- fair atmosphere.
Okorocha, who gave the advice in Owerri on Thursday during a news briefing, decried the poor response of Imo residents to the call for PVC collection.
The Commissioner of police, Dasuki Galadanchi, disclosed this on Wednesday in Owerri while presenting to Journalists the suspect, Michael, and other suspects involved in different crimes ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping and child trafficking.
In an effort to showcase the cordial relationship between her country and Nigeria, First Lady of The Gambia, Madame Fatoumatta Bah Barrow, marked her birthday in Abuja with visits to educational and health institutions.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has said that the decision of Dr Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate, to leave the All Progressives Congress will not in anyway affect the party electoral victory in 2019 general elections.
Swearing-in of Calistus Ekenze as new Deputy Governor of Imo on Tuesday was aborted by Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Miletus Nlemedim’s announcement stopping the exercise.
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has stated that the FRSC has declared war against driving school certificate racketeering and will not spare anyone caught in the act.
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, the All Progressives Congress and the National Chairman, APC, not to conduct any congress in Imo until August 21.
Imo governor, Rochas Okorocha, has expressed grief over the murder of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chairman in Ideato-North Local Government Area, Sunny Ejeagwu.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has called on Nigerian youths to make sacrifices to prepare themselves for leadership for the emergence of a greater Nigeria.
The Ward and Local Government Congresses were held under heavy security on Friday and Saturday respectively, while the state congress held on Monday to elect new state officers.
Umeh had asked God to forgive him and other members of APGA for making Okorocha the governor of Imo State in 2011, saying he never knew that he would turn out to be a pain in the neck of his people.
The clarification was contained in a statement signed by Dr. Eke’s aide, Eze Ewuchie.
I guess many in Imo State now realize that the state has since 1999 been on the wrong leadership pedestal. I also hope that the people now do realize that the comfort they had shown with leadership, at all levels, with persons of questionable character, has done the state more harm than good. It is hoped that the realization of this will spur action towards correcting mistakes of the past with the 2019 general election
Abdullahi spoke against the backdrop of the position of the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, that the party had been served with an injunction restraining it from inaugurating the executives that emerged from the congresses.
KOK who declared his ambition via his official Instagram account monitored in Abuja, said he would vie for the position under the All Progressive Grand Alliance.
Witnesses at the scene told the News Agency of Nigeria in Owerri that nobody was killed or injured in the incident.
Uwajumogu told newsmen on Saturday in Abuja that he took the decision for personal reasons to attend to some family issues.