An advocacy group known as Concerned Nigerians on Sunday
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.
Concerned Nigerians group has, therefore, called for a
holistic review of the judgment given by the Nigerian apex court on the Imo
governorship election.
Recall that the Supreme Court had sacked Emeka Ihedioha of
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, while declaring Hope Uzodinma winner of the
last governorship election in Imo State.
Uzodinma, who came a distant fourth with 96,458 votes with
no clear chances of being declared winner was surprisingly declared the winner
by the Supreme Court.
In the election, INEC had declared Emeka Ihedioha of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner with 273,404 votes, ahead of Uche Nwosu
of the Action Alliance (AA) with 190,364, and Ifeanyi Araraume of the All
Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) with 114,676. In a distant fourth was Hope
Uzodinma of the APC with 96,458.
However, convener of Concerned Nigerian, Deji Adeyanju
berated 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.
Address journalists in Abuja, Adeyanju stated 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.
He said: “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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