APGA: Imo Election Tribunal Judgment Mockery of Judiciary, Democracy
The All Progressives Grand Alliance said yesterday that the judgment of the Imo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal delivered on Saturday, was a mockery of the nation’s judiciary and democracy, and wondered why the judges overlook the “avalanche of monumental evidence’’ presented at the tribunal for the cancellation of the election.
The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Umar Dogondaji, in its ruling on Saturday, affirmed the election of Ihedioha as the lawfully elected governor of the state. “How can learned justices close their eyes on constitutional issues? The issue of Ihedioha not getting the mandatory 25 per cent of the 2/3 of LGA’s in Imo State is in the public domain; such that every Imo person is aware of that including, the Governor Emeka Ihedioha and his supporters. As a result, the least the people expected to be the outcome of the judgment was a cancellation and fresh election directed.
The party further stated that in law, there is the principle/legal maxim of res ipsa loquito, that is, the fact speaks for itself is available, arguing that the tribunal in the course of the proceeding was invited to take judicial notice of form EC8D, which were the summary results from the 27 LGAs of Imo State in which the scores of every candidate in each of the LGAs are contained.
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