{
  "id": 18008519,
  "title": "APC primary: Caution your aides, Okorocha tells Uzodimma",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/apc-primary-caution-your-aides-okorocha-tells-uzodimma-18008519",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T19:30:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/apc-primary-caution-your-aides-okorocha-tells-uzodimma/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has advised his successor, Hope Uzodimma, to caution his aides against attacking the judiciary over a recent Federal High Court judgment that nullified Okorocha's emergence as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Imo West Senatorial District in the 2027 elections. Okorocha urged Uzodimma to pursue his appeal up to the Supreme Court instead of allowing his supporters to denigrate the judiciary. The former governor criticized the remarks made by Uzodimma's Deputy Chief of Staff and the APC National Vice Chairman, who described the judgment as \"rubbish\" and \"procured,\" and suggested that the judge should \"go and look at himself in the mirror.\" Okorocha emphasized the importance of respecting the court's decision and expressed confidence in the Nigerian judiciary's ability to make the right choice.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}