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APC primaries: Okorocha gets zero vote

The immediate past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Wednesday, scored zero vote in the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primaries held at Eagle Square, Abuja.

Okorocha got zero vote after votes were counted at Eagle Square, the venue of the convention for the APC presidential primaries.

The APC national leader and former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, emerged as the party’s presidential candidate after leading other aspirants by a wide margin of votes.

READ ALSO: APC primaries: Buhari’s ministers get one vote

Okorocha who was screened by the APC seven-man 2023 Presidential Screening Committee, obtained the Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms of the ruling party valued at N100 million.

Okorocha, a senator representing Imo West in the Senate, had been under the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commision (EFCC) over an alleged N2.9 billion fraud case.

The senator was, however, granted bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja last Tuesday and was ordered to pay N500 million for his bail with one surety in like sum.

The possibility of Okorocha appearing before the APC presidential panel for screening had been a topic of political discourse following his ordeal in the hands of the EFCC.

He was the last aspirant to be screened by the presidential screening committee led by the former APC National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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