Imo Election: Supreme Court To Hear Ihedioha’s Appeal On Tuesday
A former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, will begin his quest to convince the Supreme Court to reverse itself on the judgement sacking him from office on Tuesday.
“The Supreme Court has fixed the 18th of this month for hearing of Chief Emeka Ihedioha’s appeal seeking a review of the apex court’s January 14 judgment,” a source confirmed toThe Supreme Court fixed the date one month after it sacked Ihedioha on January 14 and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress , Senator Hope Uzodinma, as the duly elected governor of Imo State.
Ihedioha had later filed the appeal on the heel of protests by supporters of the PDP, demanding the review and reversal of the judgement by the apex court.In their quest to reclaim the governorship seat, leaders of the main opposition party organised a protest across the country.
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