Barely few hours after loosing the All Progressive Conngress, APC, presidential primaries to Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state quickly picked the APC's governorship ticket on Thursday night.
Following the development, the Governor's son-in-law and Commissioner for Lands and Urban Planning, Chief Uche Nwosu, whom the party had already picked to represent them in next year's governorship election, had to withdraw from the race.
Nwosu cited "party's interest" as the reason why he backed out from the race. He urged members of the party to offer the same support to his father-in-law, Rochas Okorocha.
Speaking before the sudden endorsement of Okorocha as the party's flag bearer, the Chairman of the Electoral Committee, Mr. John Alamba, said the party reserved the power to substitute any candidate, who withdrew from the race.
He said:
"A few days ago, we gathered here to elect Chief Nwosu as the APC governorship candidate, but I was in Lagos when I learnt that the candidate had resigned on personal grounds. We are gathered here today to ratify Governor Okorocha as the party’s governorship candidate.”
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