Supreme Court fixes Tuesday for Imo, Zamfara judgments’ review

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the Supreme Court has fixed Tuesday for the hearing of an application filed by Emeka Ihediaoha seeking the reversal of the January 14, 2020 judgment which removed him as Imo State governor and install

ed Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress as his replacement.A lawyer in Ihedioha’s legal team, Mr Edidiong Usungurua, confirmed to our correspondent that parties to the case had been served with the notice for the Tuesday’s hearing.

A seven-man panel of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, had in its January 14, 2020 judgment removed Iheodioha as the Governor of Imo State and declared Uzodinma as the winner of the last governorship election in the state. Ihedioha, through his lead counsel, Chief Kanu Agabi , a former Attorney-General of the Federation, had on February 5, 2020 filed an application before the court seeking “an order setting aside as a nullity the judgment delivered by this Honourable Court on the 14th of January 2020 in Appeal No. SC.1462/2019 and Cross Appeal No. SC.1470/2019.”

The Supreme Court had on August 22, 2019 struck out the APC’s application but it was refiled in November 2019 by the party’s lawyer, Chief Robert Clarke . The APC had been declared the winner of the governorship governorship election, as well as the entire three senatorial seats, seven House of Representatives seats and the 24 House of Assembly seats, contested for in the February 23 and March 11, 2019 general elections in the state.

 

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USA don ginger the judges small. 😂😂, Fear of Visa ban is the beginning of wisdom for our supreme Court judges

Let’s release tree😜gbosa for Mekus Ihedioha in advance😜

What is wrong with our legislative

SaifRikiji Allah kaba Apc nasara a Zamfara

Pls sb school me can the supreme court reverse a decision it's has made? Coz these clowns are all getting the citizens confused

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