BEVERLY HILLS, March 03, (THEWILL) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard the application filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Emeka Ihedioha, over the January 14, 2020 judgment which sacked him as the Governor of Imo State.
Ihedioha and the PDP, in their applications, claim that the judgment of the apex court which installed Senator Hope Uzodinma as the Governor of Imo State was obtained by fraud and are therefore praying the seven-man panel of the apex court to review and set aside the judgment.
The panel, headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammed, is currently hearing the application.
Lawyer to Ihedioha, Chief Kanu Agabi, in his argument, claims that fraud is evident in the judgment, as the appellant, Hope Uzodinma, claimed he was excluded from 388 polling units but tendered results from only 366 polling units adding that with the addition of votes from 388 polling units in favour of Senator Uzodinma exceeds the total number of accredited voters by 129,000 votes.
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Countering the argument, Lawyer to Senator Hope Uzodinma, Damian Dodo, says the application to revisit, review or set aside the judgment of the court is an incompetent one lacking in merit.
He argues further that the apex court lacks the jurisdiction to sit on appeal over any judgment delivered by the court except where cases of typographical errors or slips are noticed in the said judgment are established and in this case, no such errors have been established.
Dodo adds that the appellant approached the apex court in the face of compelling evidence that Senator Hope Uzodinma won the election, and therefore, has asked the court to dismiss the application.
The Court has stood down Emeka Ihedioha’s application after listening to arguments from all the parties and will deliver judgment by 3pm later today.
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