Ahead of Tuesday’s Supreme Court review on Imo governorship
election, a Third Force Movement consisting of eminent academics and organized
civil society have commended the Nigerian Supreme Court for its decision to
review its controversial ruling of March 9, 2019, on Imo governorship election.
The group says it has engaged the services of the Nobel
Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Prof. Pat Utomi, leadership of the Nigerian Bar
Association, NBA, the International community and various civil society groups
to help monitor the Tuesday Supreme Court review to forestall further
irregularities in the state.
In a joint statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the group
described as a mark of maturity the decision of the Apex Court to review its
earlier ruling, adding that such step will go a long way in dousing the
political tension in the state.
The press statement, according to our reporter was signed by
the group’s spokesperson, Dr. Olusegun Awe One and made available to the press.
The statement further hailed the international community and
concerned Nigerians for their diplomatic vigilance and interventions on the
survival of the nation’s democracy by rising up to the occasion.
The group earlier averred that apart from the total valid
votes which the Apex Court based its ruling which however exceeded the total
accredited voters by INEC, Senator Hope Uzodinma may also not have fulfilled
the constitutional requirements for a validly elected governor of the state,
having failed to score at least one-quarter of the votes cast in each of the at
least two-thirds of all the local government areas in the state.
It condemned the observable “double standard” by the Apex
Court by earlier declaring Uche Nwosu the authentic candidate of APC in the
state and declaring Senator Hope Uzodinma winner who is also a candidate of
APC, a development it said has remained contradictory.
The leaders also asserted that the judgment completely
overthrows all known judicial precedence and electoral jurisprudence in
Nigeria, insisting that its reversal by the Supreme Court will prevent the
precipitation of a major uprising and anarchy in Imo capable of overwhelming
security and stability in the entire southeast.
It, however, charged the people of Imo state and entire
southeast to remain calm and hopeful, expressing optimism that the Apex Court
will do justice to the matter during its review on Tuesday.
Other persons engaged by the group to monitor the review are
former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu, Mr
Femi Falana, Comrade Shehu Sanni, Oby Ezekwesili, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Alhaji
Balarebe Musa amongst others.
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