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Ahead of scheduled hearing of his application by the Supreme Court on Monday, sacked former governor of Imo state, Emeka Ihedioha, has maintained that facts and circumstances surrounding his case are different and distinguishable from the one the All Progressive Congress, APC, filed with respect to the Bayelsa State governorship election.
He argued through his lead counsel and former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Kanu Agabi that, “the application is not an academic exercise or an invitation to this honourable Court to answer hypothetical questions as the issue of nullity of the judgment of January 14, 2020, is neither academic nor hypothetical”.
“On the contrary, the judgment of this honorable Court only set aside the judgment of the lower court affirming the judgment of the Governorship election tribunal. “That no evidence was led as to how governor Uzodinma satisfied the mandatory spread required under section 179 of the 1999 constitution. “Even going by the number of 366 polling units stated by PW54, nothing in the judgment of this court explained the difference, particularly the number of votes in 22 polling units that the appellant/respondents misled this court to add to the 366 polling units to make up the 388 polling units”, he added.
Meanwhile, Uzodinma had since filed a preliminary objection wherein he urged the Supreme Court to dismiss Ihedioha’s application. Uzodinma, maintained that the apex court has lost its powers to hear and determine any application relating to the governorship election that held in Imo state on March 9, 2019.
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