Imo: Supreme Court Fixes Fresh Date To Hear Ihedioha vs Uzodinma
Ihedioha-Uzodinma
Supreme Court has fixed February 18 to hear a fresh application by the sacked Imo governor, Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Ihedioha is challenging the ruling of the Supreme Court that declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the authentic governor of Imo State.
Speaking to Daily Post on Saturday, a former special adviser to Emeka Ihedioha said: “Hearing begins on Tuesday, the date has been communicated to both parties.”
Odogwublog recalls that Emeka Ihedioha had asked the Supreme Court to set aside its declaration of Hope Uzodinma as the governor of the state.
The Supreme Court had nullified the election of Emeka Ihedioha and declared Senator Uzodinma winner of the March 19 Governorship election in Imo.
Uzodinma had approached the courts, claiming that he got the highest number of votes in the election, but the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returned Emeka Ihedioha as the Governor of the State.
The Supreme Court said the votes due to Senator Uzodinma was unlawfully excluded from the 318 polling units.
Delivering judgement, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun stated that the submissions of a Principal witness who was on a subpoena to present results held that the lower court was wrong in its ruling.
