Declared Hope Uzodinma of the APC winner of March 9, 2019 election was obtained fraudulently, former governor, Emeka Ihedioha has said.
Supreme Court judgement on Imo governorship that declared
Justice Kekere-Ekun said with the results from the 388 polling units added, Mr Uzodinma polled a majority of the lawful votes and ought to have been declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. “Vote due to the appellant Senator Hope Uzodinma and the APC from 388 Polling Units were wrongly excluded from scores ascribed to the appellant ,” the justices ruled.
The aggrieved party brought their application pursuant to Section 6 of the 1999 Constitution as amended and Section 22 of the Supreme Court Act 2004.To butress their allegation of fraud, Mr Ihedioha and the PDP claimed that Mr Uzodinma and his party fraudulently misled the apex court into holding that 213,495 votes were unlawfully excluded from the votes they scored in the governorship election held on March 9, 2019.
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