The Federal High Court presided
over by Justice Okon Abang, had ruled in the matter between the former governor
of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha and the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) over the seizure of his Certificate of Return.
The Judge submitted that the
electoral umpire does not have any right under any known law in Nigeria to
withhold the Certificate of Return of a candidate after he has been returned as
winner.
The former governor, Okorocha has
described the Judiciary in Nigeria as “the Daniel that has always come to
Judgement”.
He said that whatever happened
concerning his Certificate of Return was in the plan of God “so that the
nation’s democracy can further be strengthened and rights of the citizenry also
protected considering the pronouncement of the Court over the seizure of his
Certificate of Return”.
Okorocha also said that he has forgiven the Returning
Officer in the Imo West Senatorial election, Prof. Innocent Ibeabuchi who
falsely claimed that he declared him winner under duress “and all those who had
played one role or the other to cause the ordeal he went through, over his
Certificate of Return.”
Meanwhile, the Imo State
governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in the 2019 general
election, Uche Nwosu has hailed the Federal High Court judgment on the Imo West
Senatorial election.
Nwosu in a chat with journalists
in Owerri, shortly after the judgment, said that the judiciary has once more
proven to be the hope of the common man.
According to him, “the judiciary
has shown that it is the last hope of the common man. The landmark judgment has
shown that no matter how hard you try to suppress the truth, justice will
always prevail”.
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