Governor of Imo state, Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has assured his supporters that the Supreme Court would not reverse its judgment that sacked his predecessor, Emeka Ihedioha, and declared him the winner of the March 19, 2019 governorship election. Vigil360 had earlier reported that the apex court, on January 14, sacked Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP on the ground that he did not score the lawful majority votes in the Imo governorship race and declared Uzodinma as the legitimate winner of the election.
Dissatisfied by the decision of the apex court, Ihedioha and his party returned to the Court, seeking review of the judgment.
Speaking to State House Correspondents after a closed door session with the President on Friday, Uzodinma said the matter was already “a concluded case.”
“I am not disturbed by the PDP’s move to seek a review of the judgment. I am not concerned because I believe they are going back to the Supreme Court based on falsehood because the number of accredited voters outside the excluded votes is what they are talking about.
“But, if you are going to court, you must go to court to discuss or talk about the number of accredited votes including the excluded polling units. If you compute the number of accredited voters inclusive of the excluded voters, the figures are correct.
“We went to court with an issue of exclusion; we didn’t go to court complaining about election malpractices, violence and all of that. So, it is a peculiar case.
“My case can be likened to that of Jim Nwobodo vs Onoh and Omoboriowo vs Ajasin – It is the position of the Supreme Court that where an election has been announced at a polling unit, INEC is bound to collect the result and enter the results into the Form EC 8B.
“So, let INEC tell us what happened; I’m a lawmaker and I participated in the amendment of the Electoral Act. Election petitions are timed. As far as I’m concerned, the 60 days left for Supreme Court to look into that matter has expired. I’m not a lawyer but with my little knowledge of law-making, I understand what is in the Electoral Act.”
