Imo: Group Asks S/Court To Redeem Itself

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

A pro-democracy group known as Concerned Nigerians, on Sunday,  urged the Supreme Court to make holistic review of the judgment given to the  Imo governorship election.

Concerned Nigerians alleged that the Supreme Court was trying to use the same panel that nullified the Imo State governorship election to review its earlier judgment on Tuesday.

Recall that the Supreme Court had sacked Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, while declaring Hope Uzodinma, who came a distant fourth with 96, 458 votes, the winner of the Imo governorship election.

Reacting,  convener of Concerned Nigerian, Deji Adeyanju lambasted  the apex court for putting itself in a position where citizens now have to question its judgment, making the revered institution to been seen by Nigerians as fallible.

Adeyanju, in a statement,  noted  that his group has been reliably informed that the Supreme Court was going to use the same panel that was used to carry out the injustice in the first place to review the judgment.

In his words, “They’ve decided to fix both Zamfara and Imo review on Tuesday so they can strike a political balance, and no amount of political correctness and expediency can solve the injustice done in Imo where the Supreme Court awarded votes that do not exist to the APC. How can the apex court explain how it awarded votes to Hope Uzodinma of APC beyond number of registered voters and accredited voters in the election?

“The Supreme Court relied on the supposed fake result sheets that had only APC and PDP on the results sheets when 70 political parties contested the election.

“The attempt of the apex court to redeem its image by gifting the opposition, Bayelsa State will still not correct the injustice done in Imo. The irreducible minimum the Supreme Court can do in ensuring that justice is done in Imo is to ensure that the mistake done by the judges be corrected especially as regards the numbers that are not adding up.”

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