Tag: Okorochas
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N6b ISOPADEC fund: Okorocha Dares Ihedioha To Probe him
Former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha on Thursday dared his successor Emeka Ihedioha to probe him if he there are fact that he diverted over N6billion from the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC). An investigative panel report says the agency’s N6,044,774,341.37 managed by the Okorocha administration could not be accounted for. Okorocha,…
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APC NWC pardons Akeredolu, Amosun, Okorocha, others
lifts suspension The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has announced the lifting of the suspension of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state. The committee also lifted the suspension of former governor of Ogun state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and his Imo counterpart, Senator Rochas Okorocha. The NWC at its meeting also lifted the…
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After Collecting Certificate of Return, Okorochas Says Igbo Presidency Doesn’t Exist
Rochas Okorocha, senator representing Imo west, says “Igbo presidency” does not exist. Speaking with journalists after he was sworn into the senate on Thursday, the lawmaker said the south-east would have to work hard to earn the presidency. The former governor had been asked if there is the possibility of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
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Okorocha Sworn-In As Senator
Former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has just been sworn in as Senator by the Senate President Ahmed Lawan. More to follow…
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INEC Has Not Issued Me Certificate Of Return As Senator-elect Yet- Okorocha
Immediate past Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Monday said that the Independent National Electoral Commission had yet to issue him with a Certificate of Return as the Imo West senator-elect despite a federal High Court’s judgment ordering the electoral umpire to do so. Okorocha in a statement issued in Owerri, the state capital,…
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Court orders INEC to pay Okorocha N200,000 for withholding certificate of return
An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Friday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to pay N200,000 to a former Imo State, governor, Rochas Okorocha, for failing to recognise him as the winner of the 2019 senatorial election in the state. The court, in a judgement that lasted over four hours, chided…
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Welcome To EFCC Alumni Club, Fayose Tells Okorochas, Advises Anti-Graft To Go After Amosun
Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has encouraged the immediate past governors of Ogun and Imo states, Ibikunle Amosun and Rochas Okorocha, respectively, to surrender themselves to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Fayose did not state why he singled out the two ex-governors for the advice. Fayose gave this advice in the wake…
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2019: APC Imo State Candidate Omitted As INEC Publishes List of Guber Candidates
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday released the list of governorship candidates in Imo State missing out the name of the candidate representing the ruling All Progressives Congress. The electoral umpire published 67 governorship candidates and their respective running mates at its office in Owerri, the state capital. When Punch correspondent visited INEC’s office…
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Imo: Okorochas Accuses Oshiomhole of Blackmail
— Says Oshiomhole has put himself on trial by declaring war through his action Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha on Monday faulted the All Progressive Congress National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole’s apology to the Roman Catholic Church in the state. Former Edo State governor Oshiomhole, who distanced the APC from Okorocha’s alleged disrespect for the Roman…
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Fall-out of Primary: APC May Sanction Akeredolu, Yari, Okorochas, Amosun Over Sabotage
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may sanction four of its governors who are up in arms with the national leadership of the party owing to the fall-out of the just concluded primaries which did not go in their favour, Daily Independent has reported. According to a member of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC)…