₦airaland Forum

With yesterday’s Supreme Court judgement, Senator Hope Uzodinma is on his way to occupying the topmost seat in Imo State.

The victory of the 61-year-old business mogul-cum-politician ended the eight months governorship of Emeka Ihedioha who was sworn as governor of the state on May 29 last year.

Any moment from now, the former senator who represented Imo West Senatorial District will be issued the certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to pave way for his swearing in as the 16th governor of the state, created in 1976 from then East Central State.

Against the declaration of INEC on March 9, the Supreme Court yesterday sacked Ihedioha, a former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives.

The sacking of Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has returned the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Imo government house. The state was governed by the APC until May 29 last year.

In nullifying the election, the apex court agreed that the results in 388 polling units were unlawfully excluded during the collation of the final governorship election result in the state. The seven-member panel of the Supreme Court justices was unanimous in the judgement.

Recall that in the governorship election result declared by INEC, Ihedioha polled 273,404 votes, followed by Uche Nwosu of Action Alliance who scored 190,364 votes. Senator Ifeanyi Ararume of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) got 114,676 and Uzodinma scored 96,458 votes.

Uzodinma’s battle to occupy the Imo State government house tore the APC in the state apart, forcing Uche Unwosu, the political godson of the immediate past governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, to seek solace in another political party, Action Alliance (AA).

Reports from our correspondent last night revealed that there were mixed feelings in the state; while some were rejoicing, others were lamenting the development.

In this same vein, Damian Dodo (SAN) said all along the case has been that Uzodinma was forced to be Number 4 was actually the Number one candidate.

Lawyers to Ihedioha led by Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN) expressed surprise at the conclusion reached by the Supreme Court.

Iliveforever:
And she eventually says she didn’t accept any Bribe, what will the court do?

Sparrk007:
Dem don come for obi head😆😆

favor914:
Very funny, good sense of humor.

KillahPriest:
oga, take him to an American or British court and stop making noise like Oshodi agberos on the internet. Mess him up and let us hear word. Nonsense

Validated:
Tinubu's lawyers are saying Supreme Court can no longer do anything with whatever Tinubu is hiding.
Let it be established first that "emilokan" forged his record. Then let the Supreme Court tell us nonsense. It is that time they will know that power belongs to the people.

All the bottled up anger about fraudulent practices by our politicians will be revisited.
We, the people of Nigeria, we will collectively remove both the Supreme Court and the fraud.

Nigeria as a nation does not belong to a few thieves. Let this be made known to all thieves.
What befell Salisu Buhari must go round, no exceptions.

keymatt:
Frustrated urchinn identified.

KillahPriest:
I remember Peter Obi severally calling on anyone who can pin any fraudulent financial activity to him to come out and he'll immediately stop his campaign yet the regular clowns kept quiet. There's nothing hard in going to court if you have suspicions so go ahead

DMerciful:
We are here to prove that Tinubu is Amoda Sangodele. Identity theft is a huge crime

Sparrk007:
Criminals get level Atiku na Saint for where Tinubu Dey

donifecent:
E don bizzle

Taylor92:
Small babe wey him daughter senior dey chase Tinubu out of court


Omo

TemplarLandry:
You're talking gibberish.

MTNnews:
Lol, Monday is just a stone throw away.
As I support Tinubu reach if any fraudulent thing de him cert that is where my support end but till then make Pandora de wail on.

Quenncee:
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