The Supreme Court in Abuja on Tuesday granted the prayers of
Emeka Ihedioha by adjourning ruling on the review of the judgment that removed
him as governor of Imo State on January 14, 2020.
Ihedioha had through his lawyer, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN),
told the court that processes were still being filed on the case and therefore
needed an adjournment to prepare a strong showing.
Agabi said, “My lords, processes are still coming in. Up
till this morning, we were still receiving processes. We therefore, apply for
an adjournment to enable all the processes to come in.”
Acceding to the request, the seven-man panel of judges led
by Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, fixed March 2, 2020 for hearing of
the matter.
Recall that the Supreme Court had on January 14 ruled that
Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress was the authentic winner of the
March 9, 2019 Imo State governorship election.
The apex court said that after other results not initially
acknowledged by the Independent National Electoral Commission was taken into
consideration, it emerged that Uzodinma scored the highest number of votes and
therefore was the real winner of the exercise.
The decision saw to the immediate removal of Ihedioha from
office and led to series of protests by members of the Peoples Democratic Party
in parts of the country.
On February 5, 2020, Ihedioha approached the court to review
its judgment because he was certain there were errors in the ruling.
However, with Tuesday adjournment, the tension generated by
the matter is far from over.
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