Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has completed the screening process to contest for the Imo West Senatorial District seat under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The screening was conducted on Saturday by APC National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, ahead of the party’s primary election for the January 2027 National Assembly polls.
If Uzodinma secures victory in the senatorial election and is inaugurated into the Senate in June 2027, he is expected to resign as governor about six to seven months before the expiration of his tenure in January 2028.
In that event, his deputy, Chinyere Ihuoma Ekomaru, would assume office as Governor of Imo State for the remainder of the administration’s tenure. Ekomaru was sworn in alongside Uzodinma on January 15, 2024, for the governor’s second term in office.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced that its presidential ticket for the 2027 general election has been zoned to Southern Nigeria.
The decision was unveiled during the party’s National Convention held in Abuja on Saturday.
According to the party, the South will produce the NDC presidential candidate for a single four-year term in 2027, after which the ticket will rotate to the North in 2031.
The NDC said the arrangement was adopted in line with the principles of power rotation and equitable representation between the Northern and Southern regions of the country.
The party added that the move was aimed at promoting national unity, easing sectional tensions, and strengthening its commitment to inclusiveness and national cohesion.
