Imo Governor, Hope Uzodinma and his party, the All Progressive Progressive Congress have asked the Supreme Court to disregard the request by the sacked candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Emeka Ihedioha for a review of its January 14, 2020 judgment.
Uzodinma and the APC argued, in their a 19-paragraph counter-affidavit, deposed to by Mathew Joseph Mola, that it was late in the day for Ihedioha and his party to request the court to revisit their case at the expiration of the 60 days allowed by the Constitution for the Supreme Court to hear and determine post-election cases.
Uzodinma and the APC also argued that the Supreme Court’s rule prevents it from reviewing its own judgment once delivered, except to correct clerical mistakes or accidental slips. They added that a petitioners whose votes were excluded from the declared results were entitled to compute the votes excluded in the presentation of his case.
The respondents added that the issue of the votes of 68 other candidates not been reflected was never raised by Ihedioha in the appeal that led to the judgment now been challenged.
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