Court Orders Arrest of Ex-Governor Okorocha, Araraume in Forgery Scandal!
An Abuja Senior Magistrate Court has issued a bench warrant for former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha and three others over alleged criminal conspiracy and forgery of APC primary election results. This development follows INEC's request for an investigation into the purported fake results for the Imo West Senatorial District primary, which falsely presented Okorocha as the winner. The allegations have yet to be established in court.
A Senior Magistrate Court in Abuja has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha, former Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, and two other individuals, Timothy Chuks and Amen Okorocha. The four defendants are facing allegations of criminal conspiracy, forgery, and the use of false documents in connection with the May 18, 2026, All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for the Imo West Senatorial District.
The core of the accusation revolves around the alleged forgery and presentation of false APC primary election results, which purportedly listed Okorocha as the winner of the senatorial district primary. This is in stark contrast to the document officially submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the APC, which indicated that Governor Hope Uzodimma had won the party's primary for the Imo West Senatorial District.
The bench warrant, dated September 9, authorizes police officers nationwide to arrest the aforementioned defendants and produce them before Senior Magistrate Court 3 in Jiwa, Abuja. The cases, filed by the Inspector General of Police, bear the suit numbers CR/M/JW/084/2026 and CR/M/JW/085/2026.
This legal action follows INEC's request to both the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate the alleged circulation of fake APC primary results by Okorocha. In letters dated October 8, 2026, and signed by the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Imo State, Chukwuemeka Ibeziako, INEC clarified that the document circulating on social media, presenting Okorocha as the winner, was not the official result.
INEC explicitly described the disputed document as a