Eniola Yekini
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has vowed not to surrender his senatorial ticket to anyone.
Uzodimma made the vow on Sunday after attending Mass at the Government House Chapel in Owerri, the state capital.
He was reacting to speculation that he would lose his All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial bid in the forthcoming 2027 general elections.
“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.
He insisted that his political camp will not support any other political party, calling on residents to campaign for the APC.
The governor also named Patrick Ndubueze as the party’s candidate for the Senate in Okigwe zone.
His comment comes days after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to delist him as the APC candidate for Imo West Senatorial District and replace him with former governor Rochas Okorocha.