Supreme Court’s final ruling on Imo state
The supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed an application filed by Emeka Ihedioha of the People's Democratic Party(PDP) asking it to set aside a judgement that declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressive Congress, Imo state governor.
With one out of seven justices dissenting, the court led by the chief justice of Nigeria,Tanko Mohammed , held that the application by Mr Ihedioha and the PDP lacked merit. The court also said, it lacked the jurisdiction to reveal its own judgement.
Mr Ihedioha and the PDP had approached the court following it's January 14th judgement that nullified Mr. Ihedioha victory and declared Mr. Uzodinma winner of the election
Mr Ihedioha was earlier declared the winner of the March 2019 election by the electoral umpire INEC
In an unanimous judgement of the seven menber panel, read by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun,the Apex court agreed that results in 388 polling units were unlawfully excluded during the collation of the final governorship election result in Imo state.
Mr Kekere-Ekun said, with the results from the 388 polling units added, Mr Uzodinma polled a majority of the lawful votes and ought to have been declared the winner of the election by the poll commission.
The court however didn't provide the details of the new votes scored by each of the candidates in the election after the addition of the results from the 388 polling units.
The court voided and set aside the declaration of Mr Ihedioha as the winner of the 2019 governorship election in the South-East states.
The court ordered that the certificate if return issued to Mr Ihedioha be immediately withdrawn by INEC and a fresh one issued to Mr Uzodinma as the elected governor of the state.
But in it's majority judgement read by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola on Tuesday, the Apex court said the application for a reversal of the ruling lacked merit and accordingly dismissed it.
The six justices with majority judgement said parties are to bear their respective cost.
In his dissenting judgement, Just Centus Nweze held that a judgement or order can be set aside on merit. He said court has the power to overrule itself and gas done so in the past
Justice Nweze then ordered that INEC issue a certificate of return to Mr Ihedioha.
In the entirety of the election, Mr Ihedioha lost to Mr Hope Uzodinma.
I'm yearning for a time when we will conduct all our elections from presidential to even councillorship and there will be nobody going to tribunal. I'm srsly yearning for that day
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With one out of seven justices dissenting, the court led by the chief justice of Nigeria,Tanko Mohammed , held that the application by Mr Ihedioha and the PDP lacked merit. The court also said, it lacked the jurisdiction to reveal its own judgement.
Mr Ihedioha and the PDP had approached the court following it's January 14th judgement that nullified Mr. Ihedioha victory and declared Mr. Uzodinma winner of the election
Mr Ihedioha was earlier declared the winner of the March 2019 election by the electoral umpire INEC
In an unanimous judgement of the seven menber panel, read by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun,the Apex court agreed that results in 388 polling units were unlawfully excluded during the collation of the final governorship election result in Imo state.
Mr Kekere-Ekun said, with the results from the 388 polling units added, Mr Uzodinma polled a majority of the lawful votes and ought to have been declared the winner of the election by the poll commission.
The court however didn't provide the details of the new votes scored by each of the candidates in the election after the addition of the results from the 388 polling units.
The court voided and set aside the declaration of Mr Ihedioha as the winner of the 2019 governorship election in the South-East states.
The court ordered that the certificate if return issued to Mr Ihedioha be immediately withdrawn by INEC and a fresh one issued to Mr Uzodinma as the elected governor of the state.
But in it's majority judgement read by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola on Tuesday, the Apex court said the application for a reversal of the ruling lacked merit and accordingly dismissed it.
The six justices with majority judgement said parties are to bear their respective cost.
In his dissenting judgement, Just Centus Nweze held that a judgement or order can be set aside on merit. He said court has the power to overrule itself and gas done so in the past
Justice Nweze then ordered that INEC issue a certificate of return to Mr Ihedioha.
In the entirety of the election, Mr Ihedioha lost to Mr Hope Uzodinma.
I'm yearning for a time when we will conduct all our elections from presidential to even councillorship and there will be nobody going to tribunal. I'm srsly yearning for that day
It's very unfortunate.
ReplyDeleteI don't why people hate anything good,
Emeka is the person that has what it takes to move Imo forward in all ramification.
It's obvious that something bad is happening in that state sooner or later it will surface.
Shame to CJN and all those in thatbpanel that murdered democracy in Imo and Nigeria at Large.