Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has visited the Federal High Court in Abuja following the delay in re-assigning his suit over his Certificate of Return.
The outgoing Governor, who was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the Imo West senatorial zone election, had filed a suit against the Independent National Electoral Commission , seeking an order of the court compelling the commission to issue him a Certificate of Return on the grounds that he was declared winner of the election by the Returning Officer.
Jones Onyeriri, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party , and Osita Izunaso of the All Progressives Grand Alliance , had, in separate applications, requested Justice Taiwo to recuse himself from the matter because, according to APGA counsel, Orji Nwafor Orizu, he had “clearly prejudged the substantive issues that will be resolved in this matter and clearly showed he has taken sides with the plaintiff ".