Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has reaffirmed his determination to contest the 2027 Imo West Senatorial District election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, dismissing suggestions that he would relinquish his ticket in favour of former governor Rochas Okorocha.
Uzodimma described claims that he was prepared to surrender his senatorial ambition to another aspirant as false, insisting that he remained firmly in the race.
The governor’s position comes amid a lingering dispute over the APC’s senatorial ticket for Imo West following a Federal High Court judgment delivered in Abuja on October 29, 2026.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu had directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to remove Uzodimma’s name as the APC senatorial candidate and substitute it with Okorocha’s, ruling that the former did not win the party’s primary election conducted on May 18.
However, the APC leadership in Imo State has rejected the judgment, maintaining that Uzodimma remains its candidate for the senatorial district.
Speaking with journalists on Sunday after attending Mass at the Government House Chapel in Owerri, the state capital, Uzodimma dismissed reports that he would hand over his ticket to another politician.
“If they tell you that I will hold this ticket and somebody will collect it and give it to another, tell the person it is a lie,” he said.
The governor also called on residents to support the APC and ensure the party secures victory across all elective positions in the 2027 general elections.
He urged voters to support APC candidates for the State House of Assembly and House of Representatives, insisting that the party remained his political platform.
“For the House of Assembly, it is APC. For the House of Representatives, it is APC,” he stated.
Listing the party’s senatorial candidates across the three senatorial districts, Uzodimma identified Senator Patrick Ndubueze as the candidate for Imo North (Okigwe Zone), himself for Imo West (Orlu Zone) and Alex Mbata for Imo East (Owerri Zone).
