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Uzodimma jokes with Okorocha at APC rally

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Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma joked with his predecessor Rochas Okorocha at an APC rally, calling him a “small boy”. The scene, filmed during the party’s presidential campaign, circulated online, the Daily Post Nigeria reports.

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma joked with his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha, at an APC rally, the ruling party in Nigeria, according to the Daily Post. In a video shared online, Okorocha calls out to the governor, asking whether he had not seen him, after Uzodimma failed to greet him.

Hope Uzodimma replied by calling him a “small boy”, a remark presented on site as a joke. The scene took place during an APC presidential campaign rally ahead of the 2027 election, according to the Daily Post.

The sequence comes as Rochas Okorocha and Hope Uzodimma are engaged in a political clash in Imo State. Nigerian justice officials named Okorocha as a senatorial candidate in Imo State on 29 October, while Uzodimma’s camp challenged Okorocha’s primary on 31 October.

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