The Supreme Court has suspended proceedings on the review of
its judgement which sacked Emeka Ihedioha as Governor of Imo State.
The apex court suspended proceedings after taking arguments
from parties on the application by Ihedioha.
Ihedioha in his application is contesting the declaration of
Hope Uzodinma as governor of Imo State after he was sacked.
Ihedioha and the PDP are asking the justices to review their
14 January judgement on the Imo governorship election which ousted Ihedioha and
installed Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress..
The appellants claimed that the judgment was obtained by
fraud and urged the seven-man panel headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria,
Tanko Muhammed to review the verdict in their favour.
Lawyer to Mr. 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
He argued that the addition of votes from 388 polling units
in favour of Senator Uzodinma exceeded the total number of accredited voters by
129,000 votes.
Countering the argument, Damian Dodo, lawyer to Senator Hope
Uzodinma said the application to revisit, review or set aside the judgment of
the court is an incompetent one lacking in merit.
He argued 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. In this case,
no such errors have been established, he said.
Mr Damian Dodo added that the appellant approached the apex
court in the face of compelling evidence that Senator Hope Uzodinma won the
election, and therefore asked the court to dismiss the application.
However, a seven-man panel of the apex court, led by the
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad disclosed the
suspension of proceedings.
The CJN announced that the court will return later to take
its final decision on the matter.
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