Nseobong Okon-Ekong and Adedayo Akinwale write that the exciting series of events following the 2019 Imo State governorship election may be heading for an end that will disappoint a critical mass
While many said the matter had reached its logical conclusion, there was a growing din of agitators who sought to exploit a window of opportunity that the Supreme Court could reverse itself. On February 5, Ihedioha formally filed a request before the Supreme Court to review its own judgement of January 14. That was 22 days after the January 14 judgement. But Governor Uzodinma is not bothered, mainly because the 60 days left for the Supreme Court to look into the matter had already expired.
Mr. Damian Dodo,SAN, presented a counter argument. He said, “Clearly, the 60 days allowed by Section 285 of the 1999 Constitution for this Honourable Court to hear and determine appeal from the Court of Appeal in an election matter, lapsed on 17th January, 2020. The Motion to set aside was filed on 5th February, 2020, 19 days after the time allowed by the Constitution.
He added that, “Neither the APC nor the PDP candidate met these constitutional requirements. We are expecting that the Supreme Court will order the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct another election for the two main candidates to the governorship seat in the state.”
Much of disagreements that arise from political gladiators and end up in the courts arise from liberty taken by the leadership of political parties to subvert their own constitution; especially during the processes in choosing candidates to represent the party in various elections.
A seven-man panel of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria , Justice Tanko Muhammad, had in its January 14, 2020 judgement removed Iheodioha as the Governor of Imo State and declared Uzodinma as the winner of the last governorship election in the state. After registering their displeasure through the protest, the party and Ihedioha filed an application seeking the reversal of the judgement. The Supreme Court therefore fixed March 2, 2020 for the hearing of the application filed by Ihedioha seeking the reversal of the judgement which removed him as Imo governor.
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